The David Lin Report, Released on 8/2/23

Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics, discusses the impact of the U.S. credit rating downgrade by Fitch, and his outlook for the economy.

0:00 – Intro
1:30 – Fitch downgrade
8:40 – Debt is not sustainable
11:08 – Japan’s debt
14:20 – Monetizing debt
18:10 – Rising interest payments
20:00 – Fed monetary policy
27:00 – “Inflation tax”
29:38 – Gold
37:00 – Hanke’s research

Steve 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 University’s Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise in Baltimore, Maryland. Hanke is known for his work as a currency reformer in emerging-market countries. 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 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 other publications. He is also a currency and commodity trader.

  economy, investing, recession, steve hanke