Category: Steve Hanke

ANALYSIS: A ‘World Gone Mad’—The Cost of COVID Lockdowns

The days of COVID lockdowns may be behind us for the time being, but a multinational academic team has conducted a broad analysis of government pandemic actions and found them to be “a global policy failure of gigantic proportions,” often driven by state and media-sponsored fear campaigns. Their findings, published in a book titled “Did…


Libertarian Argentine Breaking the Leftist Mold in South America

Argentina is gearing up for a highly anticipated election in October, and with the country facing economic turmoil, voters are looking for a change. With an annual inflation rate of 109 percent, a rapidly depreciating black-market peso, and a severe drought affecting a large part of the country, the electorate has undergone a dramatic shift….