{"id":964,"date":"2023-01-03T10:19:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T10:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/03\/the-bible-is-a-poor-guide-for-macroeconomics-steve-hanke-tells-ofori-atta\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T10:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T10:19:52","slug":"the-bible-is-a-poor-guide-for-macroeconomics-steve-hanke-tells-ofori-atta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/03\/the-bible-is-a-poor-guide-for-macroeconomics-steve-hanke-tells-ofori-atta\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bible is a poor guide for macroeconomics &#8211; Steve Hanke tells Ofori-Atta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-275818\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Ken-Ofori-Atta.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ken-Ofori-Atta.jpg\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ken-Ofori-Atta.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ken-Ofori-Atta.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>A Johns Hopkins Professor Steve Habne has told Ghana\u2019s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to get real in the management of the local economy. <\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, he said \u201cGhana\u2019s Finance Minister Ofori-Atta justified defaulting on debt by quoting the Bible: \u201cnothing will be lost, nothing will be missing.\u201d The Bible is a poor guide for macroeconomics. 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