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MEDIA ADVISORY: HOPKINS PROFESSOR ADVISING SUHARTO

Johns Hopkins University professor of applied economics Steve H. Hanke, a longtime advocate of currency boards, was recently named an economic advisor to President Suharto of Indonesia. As one of the world's foremost experts in currency reform, he also advises top government officials in Estonia, Bulgaria, Albania.

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