The document discusses inflation, its types, and methods for taming inflation. It defines inflation as a general upward price movement and erosion of purchasing power. There are two types of inflation - demand-pull caused by increases in money supply, government purchases, or exports, and cost-push caused by increases in wages or costs of raw materials. Hyperinflation refers to extremely rapid inflation where prices rise so quickly the concept of inflation loses meaning. Taming inflation involves controlling and softening inflation to make it more favorable for economic development through fiscal policy, exchange rates, procurement programs, forecasting, and intelligent purchasing.