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Steve H. Hanke

Opinion and Commentary


"Hu versus Sarkozy," Globe Asia, October 23, 2009

"Iran's Death Spiral," Globe Asia, September 16, 2009

"The Misery Index: A Reality Check for the US and Jamaica," Jamaica Observer, September 6, 2009

"The Misery Index: A Reality Check," Globe Asia, August 26, 2009

"Betting Against the Fed," Forbes, August 21, 2009

"Will Dr. Gloom and Dr. Doom's Latvian Domino Fall?," Globe Asia, July 21, 2009

"Insider View: An Interview with Steve Hanke," CEPA.org, July 16, 2009

"The Volatile Dollar," Globe Asia, June 22, 2009

"When Currencies Falter," Forbes, May 22, 2009

"China's Cards," Globe Asia, May 20, 2009

"Fed Up," Forbes, April 24, 2009

"Panic Fallout," Globe Asia, April 21, 2009

"Interview on the Lithuania Currency Board System," Lithuanian Free Market Institute, April 1, 2009

"Restoring Confidence in the Indonesian Rupiah," FinanceAsia, March 20, 2009

"Central Banks Caused This Mess. If Only They Were Ready to Clean Up.," Jakarta Globe, March 19, 2009

"The Fed's Modus Operandi: Panic," National Post, March 18, 2009

"On the Crisis," Globe Asia, March 16, 2009

"Letter to the Editor: Central Banking Has Troubled Past," Business Day, March 16, 2009

"Unconventional Wisdom," Forbes, March 16, 2009

"A Commodity-Price Snapback?," Globe Asia, February 25, 2009

"Indonesia's Monetary Muddle," by Ross H. McLeod and Steve H. Hanke, The Wall Street Journal Asia, February 9, 2009

"From John Law to John Maynard Keynes," Globe Asia, January 21, 2009

"The Credit Triangle," Globe Asia, December 17, 2008

"A Property Tax Cut Could Help Save Buffalo," by Steve H. Hanke and Stephen Walters, The Wall Street Journal, December 6, 2008

"The Printing Press," Forbes, December 5, 2008

"A Great Depression?," Globe Asia, November 21, 2008

"Banking Crises: Plus Ça Change," Globe Asia, October 29, 2008

"Shelter from the Storm," Forbes, October 27, 2008

"Mark-To-Model, Into The Twilight Zone," by Steve H. Hanke and John A. Tatom, Investor's Business Daily, October 24, 2008

"The Bush Legacy: Deflation or Inflation?," Globe Asia, September 24, 2008

"The Greenback and Commodity Prices," Wainwright Economics, September 11, 2008

"Milton Friedman: Float or Fix?," Wainwright Economics, September 2, 2008

"The Greenback and Commodity Prices," Globe Asia, August 19, 2008

"The Fed Plays With Fire," Forbes, July 24, 2008

"Hyperinflation: Mugabe Versus Milosevic," Globe Asia, July 21, 2008

"Kill Central Bank to Fix Inflation in Zimbabwe," The Times-News, July 13, 2008

"Blame Taxes for Baltimore's Rot," by Stephen Walters and Steve H. Hanke, The Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2008

"Letter to the Editor: Greenback Is a Reason to Rejoice in Panama," Financial Times, June 30, 2008

"Weak Dollar and US Petroleum Reserves Behind Strong Oil Price," Globe Asia, June 25, 2008

"Letter to the Editor: Little More Than a Scheme to Destabilize Saudi Arabia," Financial Times, June 24, 2008

"The Price of Rice," Globe Asia, June 19, 2008

"Commodity Snatchers," Forbes, June 12, 2008

"The Fed and the Price of Rice," by Steve H. Hanke and David Ranson, The Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2008

"Greenspan's Bubbles," FinanceAsia, June 5, 2008

"Jakarta's Fuel-Price Gauntlet," by Ross H. McLeod and Steve H. Hanke, Far Eastern Economic Review, June 3, 2008

"On Rice and Corn Laws," Globe Asia, May 1, 2008

"Letter to the Editor: Interest Rate Cuts," The Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2008

"Panic Time at the Fed," Forbes, April 17, 2008

"In Praise of Private Infrastructure," Globe Asia, April 1, 2008

"Questionable Rescue Operations," Globe Asia, March 11, 2008

"Separating Money, Credit Equals Safety," Orange County Register, February 20, 2008

"Devaluationist Bunk," Forbes, February 8, 2008

"Sri Lanka: Slaying the Bogey of Inflation," Globe Asia, January 28, 2008

"The O'Malley Tax Heist," Baltimore Examiner, January 24, 2008

"A Rescue Plan for the Dollar," by Ronald McKinnon and Steve H. Hanke, Wall Street Journal Americas, December 27, 2007

"US Mercantilist Machismo, China Replaces Japan," Globe Asia, December 19, 2007

"Free Banking for Zimbabwe," Globe Asia, November 20, 2007

"Latin Sinkholes," Forbes, November 9, 2007

"Will the Philippine Boom Continue?," Globe Asia, October 30, 2007

"Economic Freedom: Indonesia Underperforms," Globe Asia, September 21, 2007

"Money: Bulgaria, Bosnia and Jamaica," Daily Observer, September 12, 2007

"Bulgaria and Bosnia After Ten Years," Globe Asia, September 1, 2007

"Labor Dumping," Forbes, August 17, 2007

"Reflections on Reagan the Intellectual," Globe Asia, August 6, 2007

"The Real Difference Between Indonesia and the Rest," Financial Times, July 9, 2007

"Abolish Rigid Labor Markets," Globe Asia, June 21, 2007

"Fewer Central Banks, Please," Globe Asia, June 1, 2007

"Hyperinflation," Forbes, May 17, 2007

"The World’s Greatest Unreported Hyperinflation," Globe Asia, May 7, 2007

"Reflections on Turkey's Economy," Istanbul Ticaret Newspaper, April 13, 2007

"Prepare for a Storm," Forbes, April 16, 2007

"Friedman on FX Regimes," Globe Asia, April 1, 2007

"On Democracy," Globe Asia, March 1, 2007

"Friedman's Road Maps," Forbes, March 12, 2007

"On the Fall of the Rupiah and Suharto," Globe Asia, January 27, 2007

"Letters to the Editor: Friedman's Position on Fixed Exchange Rates," Financial Times, January 16, 2007

"Oversteering," Forbes, December 11, 2006

"Turkey and the Great Immigration Debate," Elegans Magazine, October 11, 2006

"Rubles and Swiss Francs," Forbes, September 4, 2006

"Fix the Turkish Lira," Anadolu News Agency, July 16, 2006

"Mexico's Yugoslav Model," Latin Business Chronicle, June 26, 2006

"Bernanke's Little Problem," Forbes, July 3, 2006

"U.S. Ignores New 'Oil Democracies' at Its Peril," The Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2006

"Regime Change?," Forbes, June 5, 2006

"Q&A: Steve Hanke on IMF," Latin America Advisor, May 30, 2006

"Inflation Nation," The Wall Street Journal, May 24, 2006

"Mexico Sticks with Tito's Playbook," Cato.org, May 2, 2006

"Uncle Sam Knows Best?," Baltimore Examiner, April 17, 2006

"Go for Dividends," Forbes, April 16, 2006

"Mexico Mimics Yugoslavia," Baltimore Examiner, April 6, 2006

"Crude Predictions," Forbes, March 13, 2006

"Letters to the Editor: Stable Exchange Rate Aids India's Growth," The Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2006

"Lesson From Shanghai," Forbes, February 27, 2006

"Hard Line State: Big Labor's War on Wal-Mart Claims Casualties Among Poor Marylanders," by Steve H. Hanke and Stephen Walters, The Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2006

"Letter to the Editor: A Mix That Proved Deadly for Argentina," Financial Times, January 23, 2006

"Letter to the Editor: Hong Kong Market Protection Near Top of World League," Financial Times, December 13, 2005

"China's War Chest," Forbes, November 14, 2005

"Letter to the Editor: Argentina's Bank Engaged In Sterilization, 1991-2002," The Wall Street Journal, November 2, 2005

"Letter to the Editor: Mumbo-Jumbo Served with Dinar in Iraq," The Wall Street Journal, September 28, 2005

"The Rupiah Revisited," Cato.org, September 1, 2005

"Beijing's Tactical Retreat," Forbes, August 24, 2005

"Stop the Mercantilists," Forbes, June 20, 2005

"China Syndrome," The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2005

"Use Those Gringo Dollars," Forbes, May 9, 2005

"Why China Won't Revalue," Forbes, February 28, 2005

"Letters to the Editor: Iraq's State-Owned Oil Nullifies Market Economy," Financial Times, December 23, 2004

"Take $10 off the Price of Oil," Forbes, November 29, 2004

"Letter to the Editor: Asian Crisis & Paranoid Feelings about the IMF," Financial Times, November 17, 2004

"Over a Barrel," The Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2004

"The Fearful Economy," Forbes, October 4, 2004

"Oil and Politics," Forbes, August 16, 2004

"Received Ideas," Forbes, May 13, 2004

"Where's the Cash?," Forbes, April 4, 2004

"Playing the Weak Dollar," Forbes.com, March 1, 2004

"Letter to the Editor: A Way Forward with IMF's Dispute with Debt Laden Argentina," Financial Times, February 3, 2004

"Letter to the Editor: Argentina Not Even a Dead Cat Bounce," Financial Times, December 29, 2003

"The Wages of War," Forbes, December 8, 2003

"Unappetizing Dinar," The Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2003

"Italy's PM Could Make Good Use of Advice From Kierkegaard," Financial Times, July 29, 2006

"Solving China's Currency Woes," National Post, July 24, 2003

"Dinar Plans," The Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2003

"Regime Change Revisited," The Baltimore Sun, June 25, 2003

"Letter to the Editor: Time for a currency board rule in China," Financial Times, June 4, 2003

"It's Time for Mexico to Dollarize," The Wall Street Journal, May 30, 2003

"Iraq, Regime Changes and Currency Boards," National Post, May 28, 2003

"Kirchner's Task: Abandon Demagoguery and Face Facts," Financial Times, May 22, 2003

"'Currency Board' a Misnomer for Argentine System," Financial Times, May 17, 2003

"The Euro Could Help Iraq's Economic Recovery," Financial Times, April 17, 2003

"Argentine 'Bank Robbery': U.S. Looks the Other Way," The Wall Street Journal (Online), March 21, 2003

"John Snow Is Wrong About China Exporting Deflation," Cato.org, March 15, 2003

"Turkey’s Economic Trap," Star News, February 23, 2003

"The Strong-Dollar Charade," Forbes.com, February 3, 2003

"Letter to the Editor: A Deadly Combination for Argentina," Financial Times, January 29, 2003

"Letter to the Editor: Flak Means You're Closer To the Target," Financial Times, January 14, 2003

"Letters to the Editor: Argentina's Record is Nothing to Be Proud of," Financial Times, November 16, 2002

"No Greenback Crash," Forbes.com, November 11, 2002

"The Hayek Hangover," Forbes, September 24, 2002

"Letters to the Editor: Only Flat Earthers Believe Moral Hazard is Unimportant," Financial Times, August 16, 2002

"A Hayekian Hangover," Cato.org, June 26, 2002

"Putting the Banks in Charge," LatinFinance, June 1, 2002

"BBC Interview with Steve H. Hanke on Argentina," BBC News, May 11, 2002

"Letters to the Editor: Argentina should follow Wolf's advice to dollarise," Financial Times, May 8, 2002

"Canada Sleeps As Argentina Plunders," National Post, April 23, 2002

"Argentina's Fall From Grace," Liberty, April 8, 2002

"Letters to the Editor: Current Crisis Is Nothing New to Argentina," Financial Times, April 4, 2002

"Argentina: Look to Ecuador," by Steve H. Hanke and Kurt Schuler, Cato.org, April 1, 2002

"Argentina's Tax Crisis," by Kurt Schuler and Steve H. Hanke, National Post, March 27, 2002

"Argentina: To Increase Tax Revenue, Dollarize," by Steve H. Hanke and Kurt Schuler, Cato.org, March 25, 2002

"Argentina's Current Political-Economic Crisis," Cato.org, March 12, 2002

"Legalized Theft: Argentina's Rulers Cannot Resurrect an Economy By Ignoring the Rule of Law and Plundering Private Property," Forbes, March 4, 2002

"Five Questions For Steve H. Hanke," The New York Times, February 10, 2002

"Argentina's Legal Plunder," The Wall Street Journal, February 1, 2002

"Don't Give 'em a Cent," National Review, January 30, 2002

"Argentine Plunder," Cato.org, January 25, 2002

"May The Best Currency Win," Forbes, January 21, 2002

"Letters to the Editor: Questions the IMF is Obliged to Answer," Financial Times, February 6, 2002

"Argentina's Blunders," National Post, January 5, 2002

"It's Not Too Late to Dollarize in Argentina," Buenos Aires Herald, December 11, 2001

"Who's Killing the Peso in Buenos Aires?," The Wall Street Journal, November 30, 2001

"The Hoodwinkers," Forbes, November 26, 2001

"Wake Up to the Law of the Ratchet," by Steve H. Hanke and Robert Higgs, Financial Times, November 26, 2001

"Barbarians at the Gate," Forbes, October 29, 2001

"Bushwhacked," Forbes, September 17, 2001

"An Exit Strategy for Argentina," Forbes Global, August 20, 2001

"Kowtowing to Capitalism's Enemies," Forbes, August 9, 2001

"Turkey: Here We Go Again," Forbes Global, July 9, 2001

"Africa and Economics," Forbes, May 28, 2001

"Slow Starters," Forbes, April 30, 2001

"Argentina's Boom and Bust," Forbes Global, April 16, 2001

"Governments Lie and Go Unpunished," Forbes, April 2, 2001

"Truth or Consequences," Forbes, April 2, 2001

"Turkey's Next Move," Forbes Global, March 19, 2001

"Argentina Is No Turkey," The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2001

"Reagan the Intellectual," Forbes, March 5, 2001

"How to Forestall International Financial Rescue," Financial Times, December 12, 2000

"The Confidence Question," Forbes, September 14, 2000

"Currency Board Critics Cite Selective Facts," Cato.org, June 7, 2000

"The IMF's Disastrous Elixir," The Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2000

"Abolish the IMF," Forbes, April 13, 2000

"Please, No More 'New' IMFs," The Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2000

"The Beauty of a Parallel Currency," Cato.org, January 14, 2000

"Dollarization for Argentina," Cato.org, February 16, 1999

"Create a Currency-Board Law for Russia," Cato.org, September 7, 1998

"The Siren Song of Exchange Controls," Cato.org, August 31, 1998

"The Euro's Rebound?," Forbes, December 13, 2000

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