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Japan’s monetary conundrum — why the yen hit a 40-year low as interest rates hit a 31-year high

It’s time to dump time zones

The national debt is over 100% of GDP and most of Congress is ignoring wishes to rein it in. It’s time to amend the Constitution

America at 250: why the Constitution was built to restrain government, not celebrate majority rule

Social Security and Medicare are heading toward insolvency. Congress has 6 years to act

The deficit just grew by $955 billion in 7 months. It’s time for a constitutional fix to control the budget

Trump thinks he’s flying to Beijing with leverage. China spent 6 years making sure he doesn’t have any

China has a welcome mat for Trump: it just rewrote the rules on U.S. sanctions

America shot its arsenal empty in 2 wars. Now it needs Beijing’s permission to reload

America’s national debt is heading to 175% of GDP. Here’s why no president—including Trump—has the will to stop it

How to Ease the Fed off Quantitative Easing

The world’s most — and least — miserable economies in 2025, ranked

Congress is violating the Constitution—and a $39 trillion debt is the proof

The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it

The U.S. just hit $39 trillion in debt. Here’s the constitutional fix that Congress won’t touch

Something will cause inflation to go up this year, but it’s not oil

Trump is set to throw another tariff tantrum at the state of the union. Economists know better

Trump’s tariffs: a lesson in economic and legal ignorance

Some Reflections on Yugoslavia, Currency Reforms, and the Future of the Global Financial System

Kapital, Zinsen und Warten

La Dolarización en Ecuador: El triunfo del orden Espontáneo

Why Were So Many Economists Wrong About Inflation in the Early 2020s?

Argentina passes the begging bowl, again

Notes and Reflections on Ecuador's Dollarization: A Template for Argentina

On Hyperinflation: New Evidence from Zambia, the Central African Franc Zone, and Belarus

The Effect of Listing Geography on Stock Prices

Notes on the Implementation of Dollarization and Currency Boards

On Baltimore's Decline

It's time to unmask the Trump tariffs for what they really are: A giant national sales tax that will hobble U.S. economic growth

The Money Doctor and 'Captain Pakistan': Steve Hanke on his last call with Imran Khan and the doom loop gripping Pakistan

An Alternative Operating Model for the Fed

A Charmed Life: From Rural Iowa to AMG

Bill Ackman is keen on Trump privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There's a right way and a wrong way to do it

Steve H. Hanke and Caleb Hofmann: Restricting Pittsburgh to a public water authority will hurt the city

The U.S.-China trade war's 90-day pause was 70 years in the making

Central Banks Forgot What Drives Inflation —Tim Congdon Didn't

U.S. corporate earnings growth is on the road to zero

Ending the U.S. trade deficit with tariffs is impossible, and it risks eliminating two longstanding U.S. surpluses

What 'Mar-a-Lago Accord' proponents—who have Trump's ear—get wrong about the U.S. dollar

The U.S. trade deficit: It's time to dump do-it-yourself economics and go back to basics

How to restore confidence in the U.S. dollar—and why it's faltering in the first place

Trump's tariffs are not 'common sense'—and they're putting America's credibility and 'exorbitant privilege' at risk

Trump's tariffs are flawed and contradictory—and the 'Mar-a-Lago accord' is suited for the trash bin

Milei Isn't Out of the Woods Yet

Trump's tariffs program is based on flawed assumptions about the trade deficit

China has only one real way to hit its 2025 growth target

Warren Buffett acts like the U.S. stock market is in bubble territory. He might be onto something

Hanke's 2024 Misery Index

Note to the White House: The U.S. Trade Deficit Is Homegrown

Three Solutions to the Time-Change Debate

Letter: To understand inequality, follow the money supply

Why Does Washington Hold So Much Land?

The Digital Currency Revolution

From Socialism to Free Markets

Making Money Work: How to Rewrite the Rules of Our Financial System

A Note on the Lódz Ghetto Hyperinflation

China Unsheathes Its Doomsday Artillery

Were COVID-19 lockdowns worth it? A meta-analysis

On the Bangladeshi Bank Heist

Dinner at noon, a sunrise at 8 p.m. This is why it's time to abolish time zones

Capital, Interest, and Waiting: Controversies, Puzzles, and New Additions to Capital Theory

Rare-earths Minerals Are the Ace Up Beijing's Sleeve

Monetarists Warned of a Recession

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is trying to explain away the inflation rollercoaster—but money supply is absent from his script

A Soft Landing Is Still Possible for the Fed

Sanctions Are for Losers

There Was No Such Plan to Lower Oil Prices

Covid Lessons Learned, Four Years Later

COVID Lessons Learned: A Retrospective After Four Years

Hanke's 2023 Misery Index

Hanke and Greenwood Predict Recession in 2024

Inflation Was Always a Monetary Phenomenon, Never Transitory

A Message from Menem to Milei: Dollarize Argentina Now

Commodity and Foreign Exchange Trading -- Some Notes and High Points

A Synopsis of Prof. Hanke's Activities in the Water Resource Field: Selected Publications and Brief Comments

The Economy Is Running on Fumes. A Recession Is Right around the Corner

Dollarize Argentina; Abolish the Central Bank

Yes, Argentina Can (and Should) Ditch the Peso and Its Central Bank

Dollarize Argentina: Abolish the BCRA

The American Voter's Flight to Freedom

No More Excuses: Dollarize Argentina

A Response to Two Open Letters Opposing Dollarization in Argentina

Down With the Objections to Dollarization — They Are Either Wrong or Irrelevant

Monetary Policy and Currency Boards: Asia Pacific Countries Examples, Vol. 2

Hanke and Greenwood Reply on the Money Supply

Another Black Monday May Be Around the Corner

Yes, Argentina Can Replace the Peso with the US Dollar

It's Time to Dump the Peso and Dollarize Argentina

Historical Episodes of Full Dollarization

A Life Among the "Econ"

Monetary Facts and Inflation

SSRN and medRxiv Censor Counter-Narrative Science

A Reply to "Comment on 'A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Lockdowns on COVID-19 Mortality'"

Letter: England's Private Utilities Struggle to Pass L'eau Bar

Did Lockdowns Work? The Verdict on Covid Restrictions

Hyperinflation in Suriname

Hanke's 2022 Misery Index

HANKE And YATACO-CHATAIN: China Holds All The Cards In The Great Green Energy Game

Memo to the Fed: Money Matters

Plan de dolarización para Argentina