“Let the market, not politicians, determine the flow of rice, oil and o...” — Steve Hanke Quote

“Let the market, not politicians, determine the flow of rice, oil and other commodities. Lower, more stable prices will ensue.”

“After the maxi yuan depreciation of 1994 and until 2005, exchange-rate fixity was the order of the day, with little movement in the CNY/USD rate.”

“With the passing of Milton Friedman on November 16, 2006, we lost one of the great champions of free markets.”

“Keeping things vague would be cowardly for a movie called 'Materialists.' This movie is interested in talking about the way we turn ourselves into value objects, commodities, or merchandise.”

“Over time, there's a very close correlation between what happens to the dollar and what happens to the price of oil. When the dollar gets week, the price of oil, which, as you know, and other commodities are denominated in dollars, they go up. We saw it in the '70s, when the dollar was savagely weakened.”