A Rescue Plan for the Dollar By Ronald McKinnon and Steve H. Hanke The Wall Street Journal, December 27, 2007 Central banks ended the year with a spectacular injection of liquidity to lubricate the economy. On Dec. 18, the European Central Bank alone pumped $502 billion — 130% of Switzerland’s annual GDP — into the […]
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Perspective
Perspective by Steve Hanke US Mercantilist Machismo, China replaces Japan The United States has recorded a trade deficit in each year since 1975. That is a good thing – exports are real costs, imports benefits. This is not surprising because savings in the US have been less than investment. This is a tautology from the […]