Steve Hanke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Steve Hanke

American economist

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1942

Place of Birth: Macon, Georgia, United States

Profession: economist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Steve H.
Hanke () is an American applied economist at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
He is also a Senior Fellow and Director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, DC, and Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise in Baltimore, MD.Hanke is known for his work as a currency reformer in emerging-market countries such as Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador, Estonia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Montenegro, Russia, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia.
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 pioneering work on currency boards, dollarization, hyperinflation, water pricing and demand, benefit-cost analysis, privatization, and other topics in applied economics. Hanke has written extensively as a columnist for Forbes magazine and many other major publications.
He is also a currency and commodity trader.