Steve Hanke on Hyperinflation, Currency Boards, and the COVID Lockdown Debacle
Jul 01, 2025•Ep. 506
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Episode description
Bob hosts Steve Hanke, Distinguished Senior Scholar at the Mises Institute and Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss his research on hyperinflations, currency board solutions, and the economic effects of the COVID lockdowns. Hanke explains the findings of his meta-analysis of lockdown impact and explains why Sweden's laissez-faire approach was vindicated. He also draws from decades of experience stopping hyperinflation globally, advocating currency boards and gold-backed solutions as effective alternatives to central banks.
- Follow Professor Hanke on X --- @Steve_Hanke
- Professor Hanke's Austrian Economics Research Conference Lecture: Mises.org/HAP506a
- Professor Hanke's IEA Article, "Did Lockdowns Work? The Verdict on COVID Restrictions": Mises.org/HAP506b
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