Steve Hanke is a Professor of Applied Economics and Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at The Johns Hopkins University; Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute; Distinguished Professor at the Universitas Pelita Harapan in Jakarta, Indonesia; Senior Advisor at the Renmin University of China’s International Monetary Research Institute in Beijing; Special Counselor to the Center for Financial Stability in New York; member of the National Bank of Kuwait’s International Advisory Board; member of the Financial Advisory Council of the United Arab Emirates; contributing editor at Globe Asia magazine.  

Karl Block is currently a Partner at Loeb & Loeb where he has worked as a corporate attorney for the last 13 years. Often requested to find solutions for problems that internal legal and business teams cannot solve, Block works closely with counsel, senior management, investors, and boards concerning matters of conflict, strategy, and impediments to growth.