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American journalist (born 1952)

Douglas Francis Henwood Born (1952-12-07) December 7, 1952 (age 73) Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S. Education Yale University University of Virginia Occupation Writer Known for Economic and cultural analysis Notable work Wall Street: How It Works and for Whom Spouse Liza Featherstone Children 1 Website lbo-news.com

**Doug Henwood** (born December 7, 1952) is an American writer. Until 2013, he published a newsletter, *Left Business Observer*, that analyzed [economics](/source/Economics) and [politics](/source/Politics) from a [left-wing](/source/Left-wing_politics) perspective. He is a contributing editor at *[The Nation](/source/The_Nation)*.

## Early life and education

Henwood was born to Harold and Victorine Henwood in [Teaneck, New Jersey](/source/Teaneck%2C_New_Jersey), and grew up in [Westwood, New Jersey](/source/Westwood%2C_New_Jersey). As a youth, he was acquainted with [Marxism](/source/Marxism), but he briefly self-identified with [conservatism](/source/Conservatism) toward the end of high school. According to Henwood: "Sometime late in high school, I fell under the spell of [Milton Friedman](/source/Milton_Friedman) and [Bill Buckley](/source/William_F._Buckley_Jr.), and about the first thing I did when I got to college was join the [Party of the Right](/source/Yale_Political_Union#Party_of_the_Right) (POR). I got tired of all the pompous rituals, and political sanity returned, bringing me back to the left from which I'd started."[1]

Henwood received a [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in English from [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) in 1975. After college, he worked as secretary to the chair of a small [Wall Street](/source/Wall_Street) brokerage firm headed by a former [Bell Labs](/source/Bell_Labs) physicist who used [quantitative analysis](/source/Quantitative_analysis_(finance)) techniques in the mid-1970s, predating the later widespread adoption of similar methods on Wall Street.[2]

From 1976 to 1979, Henwood pursued a doctorate in English at the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia), but left before completing his dissertation. He then worked for two years as a [copywriter](/source/Copywriter) and assistant to a medical publisher in New York.[3]

## Career

### Writing

In September 1986, Henwood launched *Left Business Observer* (LBO) ([ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1042-0134](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1042-0134)).[4]

In 1992, Henwood worked with [John Liscio](/source/John_Liscio) on *The Liscio Report on the Economy.* In 2000, after Liscio's death, Henwood and Phillipa Dunne, a business partner, inherited *The Liscio Report* and continue to publish it.[5]

Henwood has written four books. His first, *The State of the USA Atlas* (1994), is a social atlas of the U.S. in the [Pluto Press](/source/Pluto_Press) atlas series. This was followed in 1997 by *Wall Street* ([Verso Books](/source/Verso_Books)),[6] in which Henwood describes the workings of high finance, and then by *After the New Economy* ([The New Press](/source/The_New_Press), 2003), an analysis of the 1990s boom and bust. Henwood's most recent book is *My Turn: Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency* ([Seven Stories Press](/source/Seven_Stories_Press), 2016).

His articles have appeared in *[The Nation](/source/The_Nation)*, *[Harper's Magazine](/source/Harper's_Magazine)*, *[Grand Street](/source/Grand_Street_(magazine))*, *[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)*, *[Newsday](/source/Newsday)*, the *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*, *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, and *[Extra!](/source/Extra!)*. He is a contributing editor at *The Nation*.[7]

### Radio and other media

Henwood began hosting the weekly radio show and podcast *Behind the News* in 1996. It is produced at [KPFA](/source/KPFA) and, formerly, [WBAI](/source/WBAI). Henwood had been a regular contributor to [Samori Marksman](/source/Samori_Marksman)'s show starting in 1989.[8] Notable guests include [Noam Chomsky](/source/Noam_Chomsky), [James K. Galbraith](/source/James_K._Galbraith), [Christopher Hitchens](/source/Christopher_Hitchens), [Lewis H. Lapham](/source/Lewis_H._Lapham), [George McGovern](/source/George_McGovern), [Joseph Stiglitz](/source/Joseph_Stiglitz), [Gore Vidal](/source/Gore_Vidal), [Yanis Varoufakis](/source/Yanis_Varoufakis), and [Slavoj Žižek](/source/Slavoj_%C5%BDi%C5%BEek).[9]

On November 11, 2010, Henwood announced his retirement from *Behind the News* under WBAI*.*[10]

In 2017, *Behind the News* was picked up by [Jacobin](/source/Jacobin_(magazine)) for its Jacobin Radio Podcast.[11]

Henwood appeared in Lapham's dramatic documentary film *[The American Ruling Class](/source/The_American_Ruling_Class)*.

## Personal life

Henwood is married to journalist [Liza Featherstone](/source/Liza_Featherstone); they live in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn) with their son.[12] He is a member of the [Democratic Socialists of America](/source/Democratic_Socialists_of_America).[13]

## Books

Henwood has written four books and is working on a fifth.[14]

- *[State of the U.S.A. Atlas](https://archive.org/details/stateofusaatlasc00henw)* (1994), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-671-79696-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-671-79696-9)

- *[Wall Street](https://archive.org/details/wallstreethowitw00henw)* (1997), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-86091-670-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86091-670-7)[15]

- *[After the New Economy](https://archive.org/details/afterneweconomy00henw)* (2003), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-56584-770-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56584-770-9)

- *[My Turn: Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency](https://archive.org/details/myturnhillarycli0000henw)* (2015), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-682190-32-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-682190-32-6)[16]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-party_1-0)** Henwood, Doug (February 7, 2003). ["Partying on the Right"](https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/partying-right/). *The Nation*. Retrieved 2012-01-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Henwood, Doug (1997). [*Wall Street: How It Works and for Whom*](https://archive.org/details/wallstreethowitw00henw). New York: Verso. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0860914952](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0860914952).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Henwood, Doug. ["Henwood bio"](http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/DH_bio.html). Left Business Observer. Retrieved 2014-05-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["About LBO"](http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/LBO_about.html). Left Business Observer. 2001. Retrieved 2014-05-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["About Us"](https://web.archive.org/web/20040103031833/http://theliscioreport.com/about.html). *The Liscio Report on the Economy*. TLR Publishing. 2007. Archived from [the original](http://www.theliscioreport.com/about.html) on 2004-01-03. Retrieved 2014-05-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Fox, Justin (2012-08-03). ["The Wall Street Book Everyone Should Read"](https://hbr.org/2012/08/the-wall-street-book-everyone). *Harvard Business Review*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0017-8012](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0017-8012). Retrieved 2024-04-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Doug Henwood"](http://www.thenation.com/authors/doug-henwood). *Authors*. The Nation. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2014-05-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Behind the News with Doug Henwood"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090120050421/http://kpfa.org/behindthenews). KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley. Archived from [the original](http://www.kpfa.org/behindthenews) on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2014-05-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["*Behind the News*: Doug Henwood's radio archives"](http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html). Left Business Observer. Retrieved 2014-05-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Henwood, Doug (Nov 11, 2010). ["My farewell to Thursdays at 5"](http://lbo-news.com/2010/11/11/my-farewell-to-thursdays-at-5). LBO News from Doug Henwood. Retrieved 2014-05-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["A Warm Welcome to Behind the News"](https://jacobin.com/2017/03/behind-news-doug-henwood-jacobin-radio-podcast/). *jacobin.com*. Retrieved 2025-03-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Henwood, Doug (September 23, 2011). ["Visiting the occupiers of Wall Street"](https://lbo-news.com/2011/09/23/visiting-the-occupiers-of-wall-street/). *LBO News*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Open Letter to US Congressional Representatives marking our opposition to the US Innovation and Competition Act (USICA)/ COMPETES Act"](https://international.dsausa.org/usica-letter/). *DSA International Committee*. Retrieved 2022-06-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Book info"](http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Book_info.html). Left Business Observer. Retrieved 2014-05-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Wall Street"](http://www.wallstreetthebook.com/). Retrieved 2023-03-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["My Turn"](https://www.sevenstories.com/books/3919-my-turn). *Steven Stories Press*. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

## External links

- [Twitter account](https://twitter.com/DougHenwood)

- [*Left Business Observer*](http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/) (LBO)

- [LBO News (blog)](http://lbo-news.com/)

- [Free downloadable version of *Wall Street*](http://www.wallstreetthebook.com/)

- [Appearances](https://www.c-span.org/person/?49699) on [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN)

- [Doug Henwood](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2693688/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- ["Unconventional Wisdom: An Interview with Doug Henwood"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140425220332/http://theactivist.org/blog/unconventional-wisdom-an-interview-with-doug-henwood) by Bhaskar Sunkara (*The Activist*, 21 February 2010)

- ["Ka-Pow! Bang! Crash! Down Goes Another Bubble!: Doug Henwood in Conversation with Christian Parenti"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221201194136/https://brooklynrail.org/2009/07/express/ka-pow-bang-crash-down-goes-another-bubble), *[The Brooklyn Rail](/source/The_Brooklyn_Rail)*, (July–August 2009)

- ["Economic Unorthodoxy: An Interview with Doug Henwood"](http://www.politicalaffairs.net/economic-unorthodoxy-an-interview-with-doug-henwood/) (24 April 2004, *[Political Affairs](/source/Political_Affairs)*)

- ["The 'New Economy' and the Speculative Bubble: An Interview with Doug Henwood"](http://www.monthlyreview.org/0401henwd.htm) (*[Monthly Review](/source/Monthly_Review)*, April 2001)

- ["The Marxist Wall Street couldn't ignore"](http://www.salon.com/1998/12/22/21feature_2/), by [Annalee Newitz](/source/Annalee_Newitz), *[Salon.com](/source/Salon.com)*, December 1998

- [The Liscio Report on the Economy](https://web.archive.org/web/20140426110149/http://www.theliscioreport.com/) by Doug Henwood and Phillipa Dunne ([blog](https://web.archive.org/web/20140624060414/http://tlrii.typepad.com/))

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