"Sledgehammer" policies will destroy us; we need open economy says Johns Hopkins professor Steve Hanke

By Kitco News / March 20, 2004 / marketsanity.com / Article Link

Government-mandated policies of self-isolation will cripple the American economy, and the draconian measures taken to contain the pandemic are not necessary, this according to Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University.

"With the economy shutting down, the cost is going to be absolutely phenomenal," Hanke told Kitco News.

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