Doug Henwood is the editor of Left Business Observer and the host of Behind the News. He is also the author of Wall Street: How It Works and For Whom and After the New Economy: The Binge … And the Hangover That Won’t Go Away.
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What the GameStop Bubble Reveals About Our Monstrous Financial System
The online pranksters behind the great GameStop bubble of 2021 are probably going to lose a lot of money. But they’ve done the world a service by reminding us of the absurdity of the stock market.
Doug Henwood
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Feature
NY Times Rounds Up ‘Left-Leaning Economists’ Opposed to Bernie Sanders for a Unicorn Hunt
So slight is these economists' leftward lean that it would require very sensitive equipment to measure.
Doug Henwood
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Viewpoint
The Wall Street Journal Wants You To Be Afraid of Bernie Sanders’ Budget Proposal. Don’t Be.
If anything, Bernie should be thinking bigger.
Doug Henwood
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Labor
In the Information Economy, Workers Are Far From Obsolete
Doug Henwood
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Labor
Union Membership Is Down Again—But It Still Pays To Be a Member
Doug Henwood