Joshua R. Hendrickson
- Senior Affiliated Scholar
Joshua R. Hendrickson is an associate professor at the University of Mississippi. His work primarily centers on issues related to monetary theory, history, and policy. He has written extensively on nominal GDP targeting and the political economy of Bitcoin. His work has appeared in the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Macroeconomic Dynamics, the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Economics & Politics, Economic Inquiry, the Journal of Macroeconomics, and the Southern Economic Journal. He received his PhD in economics from Wayne State University and his MA and BA in economics from the University of Toledo.
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
"Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?" Book Panel
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
That Measure is Garbage | Economic Forces
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Is the Quantity Theory Dead? Lessons from the Pandemic
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Josh Hendrickson on Economic Growth, National Defense, and US Monetary Policy
Understanding the emergence of modern states through the lens of state capacity can also help us optimize for policies ranging from taxes to national defense spending.
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
What Would Milton Friedman Say about the Coordination of Monetary and Fiscal Policy?
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Feature Feature
Mercatus Symposium | What Would Milton Friedman Say?
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Central Banks Are Inflation Creators, Not Inflation Fighters
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
What Happens When Governments Pay for Spending with Money Creation? Lessons from the Early Riksbank
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Coronavirus and Lessons for Preparedness
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Commodity Money, Free Banking, and Nominal Income Targeting
Lessons for Monetary Policy Reform
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
"Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?" Book Panel
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
That Measure is Garbage | Economic Forces
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Is the Quantity Theory Dead? Lessons from the Pandemic
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Josh Hendrickson on Economic Growth, National Defense, and US Monetary Policy
Understanding the emergence of modern states through the lens of state capacity can also help us optimize for policies ranging from taxes to national defense spending.
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
What Would Milton Friedman Say about the Coordination of Monetary and Fiscal Policy?
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Feature Feature
Mercatus Symposium | What Would Milton Friedman Say?
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Central Banks Are Inflation Creators, Not Inflation Fighters
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
What Happens When Governments Pay for Spending with Money Creation? Lessons from the Early Riksbank
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Coronavirus and Lessons for Preparedness
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Commodity Money, Free Banking, and Nominal Income Targeting
Lessons for Monetary Policy Reform
Latest Work
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Is the Quantity Theory Dead? Lessons from the Pandemic
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
What Would Milton Friedman Say about the Coordination of Monetary and Fiscal Policy?
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Central Banks Are Inflation Creators, Not Inflation Fighters
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
What Happens When Governments Pay for Spending with Money Creation? Lessons from the Early Riksbank
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Coronavirus and Lessons for Preparedness
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Commodity Money, Free Banking, and Nominal Income Targeting
Lessons for Monetary Policy Reform
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
How Should the Central Bank Determine Its Target for Nominal Income Growth?
Lessons from Free Banking and Friedman
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Preventing plunder
Military technology, capital accumulation, and economic growth
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Monetary Policy as a Jobs Guarantee
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Banning Bitcoin
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
"Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?" Book Panel
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Josh Hendrickson on Economic Growth, National Defense, and US Monetary Policy
Understanding the emergence of modern states through the lens of state capacity can also help us optimize for policies ranging from taxes to national defense spending.
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Josh Hendrickson on Using Monetary Policy as a Jobs Guarantee
Using fiscal policy is one way to implement a jobs guarantee on the federal level, but through utilizing various other monetary policy tools, there may be a more effective path.
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Josh Hendrickson on Measuring Money in the Economy
Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
That Measure is Garbage | Economic Forces
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Feature Feature