IAEGHSBE has a strong presence in economic policy analysis in Maryland. This interest stretches back to the early 1970s, when Prof. Hanke served as a Member of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers along with Prof. Carl Christ of Johns Hopkins and Prof. Clopper Almond of the University of Maryland. At present, Prof. Hanke edits The Maryland Journal which is published by the Maryland Public Policy Institute.

Selected works on the Maryland (and specifically Baltimore) economy:

Articles by Prof. Hanke:

• Hanke, Steve H. “Letter to the Editor: An Example of Baltimore’s Progressive Decline.” The Wall Street Journal. 4 Apr. 2019.
• Hanke, Steve H. “Two Minimum Wage Charts for Andy Puzder.” Cato Journal. 20 Dec. 2016. Web.

Articles by Prof. Hanke and Christopher Arena: 

• Hanke, Steve H. and Christopher Arena. “Policy Note: Water Affordability and Accessibility in Baltimore, Maryland” Water Economics and Policy, Vol. 8, No. 2. 18 April 2022.

Articles by Prof. Hanke and Prof. Stephen J.K. Walters: 

• Hanke, Steve H. and Stephen J.K. Walters. “How to truly revive Baltimore.” The Washington Post. 7 May 2020.
• Hanke, Steve H. and Stephen J.K. Walters. “Letter to the Editor: Baltimore doesn’t need a billionaire to lower its property tax rate.” The Baltimore Sun. 26 Sep. 2019.
• Hanke, Steve H. and Stephen J.K. Walters. “Notable & Quotable: Blame Taxes for Baltimore’s Rot.” The Wall Street Journal. July 30, 2019.
• Hanke, Steve H. and Stephen J.K. Walters. “Letter to the Editor: History Shows Tax Cap Is No Pie-in-the-Sky Plan.” Maryland Matters. 3 April 2019. Web.
• Hanke, Steve H., and Stephen J.K. Walters. “Larry Hogan can revive Baltimore, just as his dad revived Prince George’s County.” The Washington Post.  22 Mar. 2019. Web.
• Hanke, Steve H and Stephen J.K. Walters. “Financing Urban Revitalization: A Pro-Growth Template.” Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. Vol. 30, No. 3 , Fall 2018.
• Hanke, Steve H., and Stephen J.K. Walters. “One Year After: Freddie Gray and ‘Structural Statism’.” Investor’s Business Daily. 22 Apr. 2016. Web.
• Hanke, Steve H., and Stephen J.K. Walters. “Another Tax Increase Legacy from Martin O’Malley.” Wall Street Journal. 20 Mar. 2015. Web.
• Hanke, Steve H., and Stephen J.K. Walters. “Progressive Trickle-Down in Maryland.” Wall Street Journal. 21 Mar. 2014. Web.
• Hanke, Steve H., and Stephen J.K. Walters. “How Sunday’s NFL Cities Became Champs.” Wall Street Journal. 21 Jan. 2012. Web.
• Hanke, Steve H., and Stephen J.K. Walters. “How Property Taxes and the ‘Curley Effect’ Are Killing Baltimore.” Wall Street Journal. 26 Aug. 2011. Web.
• Hanke, Steve H., and Stephen J.K. Walters. “A Property Tax Cut Could Help Save Buffalo.” Wall Street Journal. 6 Dec. 2008. Web.
• Hanke, Steve H., and Stephen J.K. Walters. “Blame Taxes for Baltimore’s Rot.” Wall Street Journal. 5 Jul. 2008. Web.

Articles by Christopher B. Summers and Prof. Stephen J.K. Walters:

• Summers, Christoper B. and Stephen J.K. Walters. “How to make Baltimore Amazon’s best choice.” The Washington Post. 13 Oct. 2017. Web.

Articles by Prof. Stephen J.K. Walters:

• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Urban Renewal, Redlining, and Race.” City Journal. 9 Jun 2022. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “A Culture of Corruption.” City Journal. 21 Jan, 2022. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Baltimore’s road to safer streets does not run through Oakland.” The Baltimore Sun. 23 Sept. 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Anatomy of a Crime Wave.” City Journal. 5 May 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Mosby isn’t lowering crime, she’s inviting more drug abuse.”The Baltimore Sun. 3 May 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Time to Re-Imagine ‘Enabling’ Policies.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 27 Apr. 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Baltimore is conducting a dangerous experiment in law and disorder.” The Washington Post. 16 Apr. 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Detroit’s Black Wealth Tax.” City Journal. 9 Apr. 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Truth – and Truce – Needed in the Fight for $15.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 9 Feb. 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Our Equity Obsession Can Cost Lives.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 6 Feb. 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “No, Maryland’s Tax Code Is Not ‘Upside Down.’” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 22 Jan. 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Fixing Maryland’s School Monopolies.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 12 Jan. 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Will Maryland Democrats ‘tax into the wind’?” The Washington Post. 1 Jan. 2021. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Three Lessons from Election Day Week Month.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 7 Nov. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Time to Re-Open and Re-Imagine Public Schools.”The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 2 Nov. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Who Do You Trust, Baltimore?” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 23 Oct. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “What we should learn from the failed white-elephant project in Baltimore.” The Washington Post. 25 Sep. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Happy Labor Cartel Day.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 3 Sep. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Sand in the Gears of Good Government.”The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 4 Aug. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “The property tax system is the root of problems in Baltimore.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. Originally published in The Baltimore Sun. 18 Jul. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Will Baltimore Defund Its Police – and Economy?” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 18 Jun. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Let there be baseball in Maryland.” The Washington Post. 5 Jun. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Baltimore Recycles, Declines to Turn Left (Maybe).” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 3 Jun. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Foolishness-as-Usual In Baltimore.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 15 May 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Progressive Intentions, Regressive Results.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 9 May 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “One Policy Does Not Fit All.“The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 28 Apr. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J. K. “Fighting a Two-Front War in Baltimore.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 24 Apr. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Shred the Blueprint.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 21 Apr. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Can Maryland Replicate South Korea’s Success on Coronavirus?” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 16 Mar. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Lessons from California’s NIMBYs.” Washington Examiner. 10 Mar. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Maryland’s crushing tax burden: the facts.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 3 Mar. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Making Maryland non-competitive, one tax at a time.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 21 Feb. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Baltimore’s future can be bright.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 15 Feb. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Maryland spends plenty of money on education and Kirwan plan to spend more is the wrong strategy” The Baltimore Sun. 13 Feb. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Gov. Hogan’s 2020 State-of-the-State: An Economist’s View.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 6 Feb. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Baltimore: On the Cusp of a Catastrophe?” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 29 Jan. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Viewpoint: Goodbye State Center, hello Cultural Center?“ Baltimore Business Journal.  17 Jan. 2020. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Other states take Maryland to school.” The Frederick News-Post. 23 Nov. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Viewpoint: Declining property values aren’t helping ailing downtown.“ Baltimore Business Journal. 19 Nov. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “The Diabolical Plan to De-Gentrify DC.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 16 Nov. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Proposed luxury apartment tax break isn’t enough to fuel Baltimore redevelopment.” Baltimore Business Journal. 06 Nov. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Kirwan Backers Earn ‘F’ in Math.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 05 Nov. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “On education, a tale of two states.” Washington Examiner. 30 Oct. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Baltimore City’s Crisis of Competence.”The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 27 Oct. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Maryland’s #43!”The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 23 Oct. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Does Baltimore’s Mayor Young “Get It?”The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 22 Oct. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “No, Kirwan Spending Is Not ‘Popular’.“The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 18 Oct. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “In Maryland, is it schools vs. racetracks?” The Washington Post. 8 Oct. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Is the drug war more dangerous than drugs?” The Baltimore Sun. 7 Oct. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “In Baltimore, Are Life and Liberty in Conflict?” Law and Liberty. 25 September 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Kirwan Commission enables education monopoly.” The Baltimore Sun. 9 Sep. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Baltimore’s real “systemic” problem.” The Maryland Public Policy Institute. 21 Aug. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Property Rights Matter: Lessons from a Failing City.” Law and Liberty. 14 May 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Too many ideas are ‘off the table’ in Baltimore.” The Baltimore Sun. 14 Jan. 2019. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Time for Preakness to move on — and out” The Baltimore Sun. 14 June 2018. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Raising Baltimore’s minimum wage is a foolhardy Robin Hood move.” The Baltimore Sun. 12 Mar. 2017. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “The Uncool and Immoral Fight for $15.” National Review. 31 May 2016. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “A well-intentioned nail in Baltimore’s economic coffin.” The Baltimore Sun. 19 Apr. 2016. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “A solution for Baltimore’s property tax problem.” The Baltimore Sun. 13 Nov. 2015. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Government Workers Bully and Sexually Harass Low-Income Tenants, a New Lawsuit Claims.” National Review. 29 Oct. 2015. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Millennials Can Rescue Cities from Their Leftist Rulers.” National Review. 3 Aug. 2015. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Won’t Alleviate Urban Poverty.” National Review. 21 Jul. 2015. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Race-Track Owners Consider Moving One of the Triple Crown Tracks out of Baltimore, and the City’s Clueless Leaders Cry Foul.” National Review. 25 May 2015. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Baltimore: A Lesson in Why Robin Hood-ism Hurts the Poor.” National Review. 1 May 2015. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. “Cops Matter, Too.” National Review. 22 Dec. 2014. Web.
• Walters, Stephen J.K. Interview with Nick Alexopulos. Loyola. 22 Oct. 2014. Web.

Articles by Prof. Stephen J.K. Walters and Daniel Kennelly:

• Walters, Stephen J.K. and Daniel Kennelly. “Interview: America’s Great Remodel.” City Journal. 7 Jun. 2021. Web.

Articles by Prof. Stephen J.K Walters and Louis Miserendino:

• Walters, Stephen J.K. and Louis Miserendino. “How to Make Baltimore a Superstar City.” The Maryland Journal. 26 January 2011.
• Walters, Stephen J.K., and Louis Miserendino. Baltimore’s Flawed Renaissance: The Failure of Plan-Control-Subsidize Redevelopment. Vol. 3. Arlington: Institute for Justice, 2008. Castlecoalition.org. Institute for Justice. Web.