Teorias marxistas da inflação: uma revisão crítica

Abstract

ResumoO fenômeno infl acionário passa a assumir lugar de destaque na literatura econômica após a dé-cada de 1960, exatamente Códigos JEL B24; E31. AbstractThe infl ationary phenomenon becomes relevant in the economic literature after the 1960s, from the moment when infl ation turn into a problem of greater magnitude and with a deep rooting in the advanced capitalist countries. Marxism has built his explanations of the infl ation based principally on the following approaches: i) confl icts over the distribution of income are, in short, the most signifi cant cause of infl ation; ii) infl ation is linked to the growing power of monopolies, being reinforced by the interventionist policies of the State; and iii) the phenomenon is explained by the discrepancy between endogenous generated increases in supply and demand for credit money. The aim of this paper is to revisit these Marxist approaches, as found in Saad-Filho (2000), but emphasizing the methodological critique. More specifi cally, our goal is to perform a methodological critique showing the continued validity of Marx's method to understand the infl ation phenomenon of post World War II.Keywords theory of distributive confl ict; theory of monopoly capital; theory of extra money; method of Marx. JEL Codes B24; E31.Teorias marxistas da infl ação: uma revisão crítica