This is because academia, e.g., economics professors whose universities receive state funding, play the role of the tribal witch doctor who legitimizes the chief.
When asked what inflation is, they respond that it is a rise in prices. They do not say that this is the consequence, and that true inflation is the loss of purchasing power of the currency.
So, with a false diagnosis, the culprits of βhigh pricesβ are no longer the politicians responsible for protecting the value of the currency, but now the culprits are the βevil businessmen,β the capitalist system, etc. And the saviors to fix the damage become the politicians and their always failed ideas of price controls.