Steve Hanke
Steve H Hanke is a professor of applied economics and co-director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
He is a Contributing Editor to Central Banking, writing regularly for the Viewpoint column, which brings together timely analysis from experts across the globe. Hanke specialises in exchange rate regimes and crisis management.
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Articles by Steve Hanke
Yes, Argentina can replace the peso with the US dollar
Steve Hanke and Matt Sekerke explain how dollarisation can succeed despite the BCRA’s limited reserves
It’s time to smash Iran’s endemic inflation
As Iran goes to the polls, high inflation is still plaguing the economy. Steve Hanke looks at solutions
Crises enliven ‘totalitarian temptations’
The coronavirus pandemic will embolden governments and bodies such as the International Monetary Fund to grasp for more power, writes Steve Hanke
Bulgaria: long live the currency board
Bulgaria should reject the euro and extend its currency board to cover bank deposits
Measuring Venezuela’s hyperinflation
Steve Hanke discusses how economists can make use of high-frequency exchange rate data to track rapid price movements in Venezuela
How Venezuela can stop hyperinflation – now
Redenominating the currency will only prolong the pain, says Steve Hanke. More drastic measures are needed
State money and bank money: lifting the fog around QE
Steve Hanke says economists are missing important details by focusing on interest rates, rather than the money supply