Steve Hanke
Steve H. Hanke | |
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Hanke in 2017 | |
| Born | December 29, 1942 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Influences | Friedrich Hayek Milton Friedman Robert Mundell Kenneth Boulding Peter Thomas Bauer Ronald Coase |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Monetary economics Natural resource economics Financial economics International economics |
| School or tradition | Free-market economics |
| Institutions | Colorado School of Mines University of California, Berkeley Johns Hopkins University |
| Notable ideas | Currency board research Dollarization research Hyperinflation research Hanke–Henry Permanent Calendar Privatization research Water resources research |
Steve H. Hanke (/ˈhæŋki/; born December 29, 1942) is an American economist and professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also a senior fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California, and co-director of the Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise in Baltimore, Maryland.
Hanke is known for his work as a currency reformer in emerging-market countries. He was a senior economist with President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers from 1981 to 1982, and has served as an adviser to heads of state in countries throughout Asia, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. He is also known for his work on currency boards, dollarization, hyperinflation, water pricing and demand, benefit-cost analysis, privatization, and other topics in applied economics. He has written extensively as a columnist for Forbes, The National Review, and other publications. He is also a currency and commodity trader.
Hanke has been accused of spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of his critique of the effectiveness of lockdowns, as well as the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and was listed as a Russian propagandist by Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation.