Joshua R. Hendrickson
Chair of the Department of Economics
University of Mississippi
Joshua R. Hendrickson is chair of the Department of Economics and an associate professor of economics at the University of Mississippi and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE). He is also co-author, with Brian Albrecht, of the Substack newsletter Economic Forces.
His research sits at the intersection of monetary economics, public finance, political economy, and historical economic development. In monetary economics, he studies historical monetary institutions, modern monetary policy, and Bitcoin. His political-economy research applies economic analysis to revolutions, decisions to go to war, and how national-defense motives shape state institutions and public policy. He also examines how institutional design influences economic development and state capacity.
At the University of Mississippi, Hendrickson has served as department chair and previously held positions as professor, associate professor, and assistant professor of economics. Beyond the university, he serves as a senior fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research’s Sound Money Project, a senior fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, and a senior affiliate scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He also serves as a board member of the Mississippi Council on Economic Education.
He received the New Scholar Award from the University of Mississippi’s College of Liberal Arts.
Hendrickson earned a Ph.D. in economics from Wayne State University and a master’s in economics and a bachelor’s from the University of Toledo.
