American neoliberal economist
Michael Dorgan reports for FoxNews.com about an important new study. A new report has sharply criticized the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, writing that lockdowns, school closures and vaccine…
Steve Hanke uses a National Review column to send a memo to the Federal Reserve. In early 2020, the Fed pushed on its monetary accelerator like never before. By May,…
Joel Zinberg writes for City Journal about the latest body blow for government leaders who employed long-lasting COVID lockdowns. A new study from Johns Hopkins University’s Institute for Applied Economics…
Steve Hanke writes at National Review Online about one disturbing element of the Afghanistan story that’s getting little attention. In an August address to the nation on Afghanistan, President Biden…
Steve Hanke documents in a Cato Institute blog entry strong links between socialism and misery in Latin America. Venezuela and Argentina, armed with aggressive socialist policies, end up the most…
Professor Steven Hanke writes on Cato’s blog about an unintended consequence of Bernanke’s “let’s keep interest rates as low as possible” policy: it’s actually drying up credit for small businesses.…
Writing on Cato@Liberty, Johns Hopkins economics professor Steve Hanke discusses the problem of “regime uncertainty.” People hesitate to invest when they don’t know what curve balls (or bean balls, for…
In this Cato post, economics professor Steve Hanke compares presidential administrations back to Ike on their “misery index” results. Obama hasn’t (yet) created as much misery as Jimmy Carter, but…
Johns Hopkins economics professor Steve Hanke surveys the political-economic mess we face in this Forbes column. Main culprit — the Fed. Big supporting role played by Congress, especially Fannie’s junkyard…
The rotting away of American cities that were once thriving places is one of the most depressing phenomena we face. Everywhere, politicians have plans and programs to revitalize these sad…