Inflation is near a forty-year high, and unemployment is near a fifty-year low. For months, experts have debated why inflation is high and what to do about it. These questions are the topic of my opinion piece for The Economist. In a nutshell, the causes of high inflation are complex. While the fiscal policy is only one of many contributing factors, I discuss how tying relief to economic conditions, not political motives, would help us do better in the next crisis.