David R. Henderson is an Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, a Research Fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a Senior Fellow with Canada’s Fraser Institute, and a Senior Fellow with the Independent Institute. He was previously a senior economist for health policy and for energy policy with President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers.

 

David is the editor of The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, the only reader-friendly encyclopedia of economics, and has written 3 other books, The Joy of Freedom: An Economist’s Odyssey, Making Great Decisions in Business and Life (co-authored with Charles L. Hooper), and The Essential UCLA School of Economics (co-authored with Steven Globerman.) He has written over 300 articles for such popular publications as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, Fortune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, National Review, Defining Ideas, and Reason. He has also written scholarly articles for such journals as: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Independent Review, Cato Journal, Regulation, Contemporary Policy Issues, Defense & Security Analysis, Eastern European Economics, Econ Journal Watch, and Energy Journal. His blog is at: davidrhenderson.substack.com (“I Blog to Differ”).

 

He has testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.  He has also appeared on C-SPAN, CNN, the Jim Lehrer Newshour, the John Stossel show, the O’Reilly Factor, the Ingraham Angle, MSNBC, RT, NPR, CBC, and the BBC.  

 

Born and raised in Canada, he moved to the United States in 1972 to earn his Ph.D. in economics at UCLA. He became a U.S. citizen in April 1986.