About the book: 1982 / In the book of the candidate of economic sciences P. A. Vostrikov, based on extensive factual material, a reasonable criticism is given of the inventions of bourgeois economists about the causes of chronic inflation - one one of the most pressing problems of modern capitalism. Shows the sharply negative impact of inflation on the situation of workers, their struggle against the omnipotence of monopolies. Designed for the general reader.