Steve H. Hanke

Steve H. Hanke

Steve H. Hanke is a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University. He served on President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers. Known as “the Money Doctor,” he’s advised presidents and prime ministers for over 40 years.

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 06: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump signing a series of executive orders, including, lifting 25% tariffs for all goods compliant under USMCA trade agreement, terminating the security clearances of those who work at the law firm Perkins Coie, combating drug trafficking at the northern border and announced a $20 billion investment by shipping giant CMA CGM for U.S. infrastructure and jobs. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Commentary

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

    By Steve H. Hanke and Matt Sekerke
  • China's Premier Li Qiang prepares to speak at the National People's Congress in Beijing last week.Commentary

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

    By Steve H. Hanke and Caleb Hofmann
  • Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., listens while playing cards on the sidelines the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., on Sunday, May 1, 2016. Dozens of Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries will be showing off their products as Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett hosts the company’s annual meeting. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

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

    By Steve H. Hanke and Caleb Hofmann
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 31: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. Powell spoke to members of the media after the Federal Reserve held short-term interest rates where they are with broad expectations that the rate with drop in September. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Commentary

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

    By John Greenwood and Steve H. Hanke