Rob Henderson is an American writer and political commentator. He is known for coining the concept of "luxury beliefs," which are ideas that confer status on the upper class while inflicting costs on lower classes. Henderson grew up in foster homes in Los Angeles and Red Bluff, California, and served in the U.S. Air Force. He attended Yale University and later earned a Ph.D. in psychology from St. Catharine's College, Cambridge in 2022.
Henderson is currently a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a Contributing Editor at City Journal. He is also a columnist at The Boston Globe and a regular contributor to The Free Press and The Times of London. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other major outlets. Henderson's memoir, Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, detailing his experiences in the foster care system, was published in 2024 and became a national bestseller. His popular Substack newsletter is sent to over fifty thousand subscribers each week.