Doug Henwood

Contributing Editor

@DougHenwood

Doug Henwood is a contributing editor at The Nation and the host of Behind the News, a weekly radio show that originates on KPFA, Berkeley, which enjoys a vigorous afterlife as a podcast.

A Silicon Valley Bank office is seen in Tempe, Arizona, on March 14, 2023. - With hindsight, there were warning signs ahead of last week's spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, missed not only by investors, but by bank regulators. Just why the oversight failed remained a hot question among banking experts, with some focusing on the weakness of US rules. (Photo by REBECCA NOBLE / AFP) (Photo by REBECCA NOBLE/AFP via Getty Images)

A Death in the Valley: What the End of SVB Reveals About VC Class Solidarity A Death in the Valley: What the End of SVB Reveals About VC Class Solidarity

With the banking system sitting on $620 billion in paper (unrealized) losses, this saga may be far from over.

Mar 17, 2023 / Doug Henwood

The Best Economists Uber Could Buy

The Best Economists Uber Could Buy The Best Economists Uber Could Buy

Why would some of the world’s leading economists overstate driver incomes?

Jul 22, 2022 / Editorial / Doug Henwood

Intelligence, Artificial and Otherwise: Our Ruling Class

Intelligence, Artificial and Otherwise: Our Ruling Class Intelligence, Artificial and Otherwise: Our Ruling Class

With Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dec 28, 2021 / Doug Henwood

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What Should the Democrats Do About Rising Inflation? What Should the Democrats Do About Rising Inflation?

Doug Henwood argues that without raising taxes, many leftist policies will come with risks, while Lauren Melodia writes that the GOP is exaggerating inflation concerns.

Dec 9, 2021 / Editorial / Doug Henwood and Lauren Melodia

Steel-worker

Here’s Why Labor Should Resist Trump’s Tariff Here’s Why Labor Should Resist Trump’s Tariff

It will have little economic effect but will add more bellicosity to a world already overdosing on it.

Mar 14, 2018 / Doug Henwood

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To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Is That Even the Question? To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Is That Even the Question?

Four writers debate whether Trump's removal from office is a priority or a distraction.

May 31, 2017 / That’s Debatable / Doug Henwood, Steve Phillips, Christopher D. Cook, and Medea Benjamin

We Asked 4 Prominent Bernie Supporters if They’d Vote for Hillary in November. Here’s What They Told Us.

We Asked 4 Prominent Bernie Supporters if They’d Vote for Hillary in November. Here’s What They Told Us. We Asked 4 Prominent Bernie Supporters if They’d Vote for Hillary in November. Here’s What They Told Us.

Is there an argument to be made for “Bernie or Bust”?

Apr 11, 2016 / That’s Debatable / Doug Henwood, Rania Khalek, Kathleen Geier, and Joshua Holland

TechCrunch

Age of the Unicorn: How the Fed Tried to Fix the Recession, and Created the Tech Bubble Age of the Unicorn: How the Fed Tried to Fix the Recession, and Created the Tech Bubble

The number of “unicorn” tech companies is increasing dramatically—but the bubble will burst eventually.

Sep 3, 2015 / From the Archive / Doug Henwood

What the Sharing Economy Takes

What the Sharing Economy Takes What the Sharing Economy Takes

Uber and Airbnb monetize the desperation of people in the post-crisis economy while sounding generous—and evoke a fantasy of community in an atomized population.

Jan 27, 2015 / Feature / Doug Henwood

Who’s Ready for Hillary?

Who’s Ready for Hillary? Who’s Ready for Hillary?

Depending on whom you ask, Clinton is a triangulating pro-corporate Democrat or a heroic shatterer of glass ceilings—or both.

Nov 24, 2014 / Feature / Kathleen Geier, Joan Walsh, Jamelle Bouie, Doug Henwood, Heather Digby Parton, Steven Teles, and Richard Yeselson

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