Steve Hanke ✓
@steve_hanke · Baltimore & Paris · joined 05 Oct 2012
Professor of Applied Economics @JohnsHopkins | Senior Contributing Columnist @Fortune | FX & Commodity Trader | Reagan White House | Views are my own
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According to a Pew Research Center survey, 60% of Americans would be not too or not at all comfortable with a new data center operating in their area.
AI = LOTS OF HYPE THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT BUYING. https://t.co/tE1U1AefKQ
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TRUMP'S GRAB BAG OF INTERVENTIONIST, SOCIALISTIC ECONOMIC POLICIES IS SENDING INTEREST RATES TO THE MOON.
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The cost to transport a Supertanker from the Middle East to Asia has hit a STAGGERING $1.2 MILLION/day. That's the highest price EVER.
REFINERS SHOULD SEND A BILL FOR DAMAGES TO TRUMP & NETANYAHU. https://t.co/5zx2TTEBIx
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🇵🇰 Pakistan is cracking down hard ahead of Imran Khan's march on Islamabad, and 2 families tied to his party say they were targeted.
Punjab PTI leader Raja Shahbaz Bhatti says police broke down his gate and searched his home last night.
Separately, KPK Assembly Speaker Babar ht
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My take in @YahooFinance on RECORD-HIGH DIESEL PRICES:
"Surging diesel prices are increasing costs for the domestic agricultural and logistics sectors. Farm fuel costs have risen by $11 per acre for corn and $7 per acre for soybeans compared to last year." https://t.co/mA6GHm0QQ
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I spoke with @GUnderground_TV on the US bond market:
“I would not want to be holding long-term US bonds. I’ve indicated for months to stay away from the bond market, and just as I said it would, the bond market is TANKING.” https://t.co/G7TsnzcehG
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According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 73% of Americans say AI firms are NOT doing enough to prevent disaster.
AI = LOTS OF HYPE THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT BUYING. https://t.co/E0QmvdXoCw
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Former US Ambassador to the Kingdom Chas Freeman on Trump's LAWLESS ambitions for the Strait of Hormuz:
"Donald Trump said he would like to take over the Strait and charge 20% of the value of the cargo for passage. He clearly has no concept at all of the law, any more than any h
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I spoke with @GUnderground_TV on how Trump’s war on Iran has increased the crippling US fiscal deficit:
“Trump’s war of choice on Iran is going to cost ~$1 trillion. Either that money will come out of taxpayers' pockets directly, or the Fed will monetize this deficit and cause h
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Former US Ambassador to the Kingdom Chas Freeman on the Gulf chokepoint closures' EXPLODING COSTS:
"We can see this in diesel prices. We see it in jet fuel prices. We're seeing it in the gasoline prices." https://t.co/VoLaopGQYB
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Venezuela’s HYPERINFLATION peaked in April 2018 at 234%/month.
@CatoInstitute attributes the subsequent inflation decline to the economy’s INFORMAL DOLLARIZATION.
INFORMAL DOLLARIZATION TAMED HYPERINFLATION. OFFICIAL DOLLARIZATION WILL KILL INFLATION. https://t.co/K9rYOJvln4
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US diesel just hit a NEW ALL-TIME HIGH of $6.51/gallon. That's a STUNNING 76% increase from a year ago.
THOSE WHO BURN DIESEL CAN BLAME TRUMP AND HIS WAR ON IRAN FOR WHAT AMOUNTS TO A DIESEL TAX. https://t.co/ZhF5egx80t
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#SudanWatch🇸🇩: Civil war continues to destroy Sudan’s economy.
Today, I measure Sudan’s inflation at 131.9%/yr. That's the 3RD HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.
Sudan's inflation is one of the most unreported stories in the world. The mainstream media REMAINS OUT TO LUNCH. https://t.co/aEd
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#IranWatch🇮🇷: The rial's bounce back was short-lived.
Today, it DEPRECIATED 0.91% against the USD overnight.
Over the past 2 weeks, the rial has DEPRECIATED 3.68% against the USD. https://t.co/4f6kmOm7ls
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Trump said: “There is very little happening right now in Gaza.”
REALLY?
Gaza’s Health Ministry reports that ONE Palestinian has been killed in the past 24 hours by Israeli forces.
https://t.co/9ioKFmj6uU
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#TurkeyWatch🇹🇷: TRUMP IS LIFTING A PAGE FROM ERDOĞAN'S TURKISH PLAYBOOK.
NO PRESS = NO PROBLEM. https://t.co/ieMBRjKIvH
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#TurkeyWatch🇹🇷: Turkish authorities arrested 9 members of an Israeli FRAUD NETWORK who allegedly stole at least $266 million from victims across several continents.
Over 40 Israeli scam call centers were established in Istanbul.
Just more confirmation of Hanke's Schoolboy https
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My take in @FortuneMagazine with John Greenwood on monetarism in the Federal Reserve:
"After a shaky start with his first two press conferences, Chairman Warsh is clearly gaining confidence as he starts to articulate a framework that is consistent with monetarism. It promises to
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"Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has revealed himself as a monetarist. This represents a dramatic change at the Fed, where the past Chairman Powell repeatedly rejected the basic tenets of monetarism."
Read more in my @FortuneMagazine with John Greenwood. https://t.co/wOvrrTfhM
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TUNE IN to my LIVE INTERVIEW with @MarioNawfal:
https://t.co/fgCaHSyGXI
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TRUMP'S WAR OF CHOICE ON IRAN = MASSIVE COLLATERAL DAMAGE.
GASOLINE IN FRANCE HAS GONE FROM DEFICIT TO OUTRIGHT SHORTAGE.
https://t.co/hLHBonbd8B
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@steve_hanke I do not comprehend how sane Americans can build their entire international policy to rescue low-life shits like Ben Gvir. He is more of a pure Nazi than Hitler himself.
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Gaza:
“If we get the Palestinians out of Gaza, that means more lives for us.”
BEN-GVIR’S (AND MOST ISRAELIS') VISION FOR GAZA: PALESTINIANS OUT, ISRAELIS IN.
https://t.co/OEFUx3Seux
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🚨BREAKING: A newly built home in Gaza’s Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, collapsed on the family living inside.
The house had been severely damaged and left with dangerous structural cracks following Israeli army bombardment during the war. https://t.co/AoWAFlphy5
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Hanke and Walker writing in @FortuneMagazine on the FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT BY THE U.S. CONGRESS:
"The U.S. Congress has become dysfunctional, and it does not make one bit of difference which party is in power. Exhibit A: The federal budget and appropriations process is broken. For
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Apollo reports that it now costs MORE to insure debt issued by the tech giants Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle than debt issued by America's largest banks.
WELCOME TO THE AI BUBBLE. https://t.co/R14N6aZ4HE
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A new Economist/YouGov poll finds 57% of registered voters do NOT think Trump would actually send the $5,000 checks he promised. Only 21% think he would.
TRUMP = A TRUST DEFICIT. https://t.co/rstNTobMDo
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Against accounts of the same size
100 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.
Median views8 194this account5 983median for 100K–1M
Reach, %0.95%this account1.49%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %0.63%this account0.93%median for 100K–1M
| Metric | This account | Median for 100K–1M | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 8 194 | 5 983 | 1.37× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 0.95% | 1.49% | 0.64× |
| Engagement rate | 0.63% | 0.93% | 0.68× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
7.4K22 Sep
7.1K
5.7K
3K
17.9K
8.1K23 Sep
6.8K
5.8K
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54.4K24 Sep
7.4K
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6K
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
0.14%22 Sep
0.79%
0.30%
0.26%
0.49%
0.52%23 Sep
0.37%
0.26%
0.50%
8.86%24 Sep
0.82%
0.64%
2.17%
0.23%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.93%.
What the audience does
Likes63.9%4 676 in total
Reposts32.2%2 354 in total
Replies2.0%147 in total
Quotes0.7%49 in total
Bookmarks1.3%92 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
Followers by day
22 Sep
Daily snapshots since 22 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.
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