Chris Hughes

Author, Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy. Co-Founder & Chair @EconomicSecProj.

[Aaron Klein @Aarondklein]

Come to @BrookingsInst Tuesday 5/12 where I'll ask @SenAdamSchiff all about prediction markets, and a panel of experts like @CFR_org Lazarus, @tphillips, and @Kalshi Heaslip will debate this moderated by @WSJ @kryshur. Register here:

https://t.co/DR5Ha91bn4

[Aaron Klein @Aarondklein]

How to build almost 200,000 new affordable houses a year by returning the FHLB system to its original housing mission from what it’s become, profits for financial firms. My latest w/@chrishughes in @BrookingsEcon

https://t.co/RSOPuka3Un

[Chris Hughes @chrishughes]

@ferenstein @Aarondklein @BrookingsInst @YIMBYLAND @mattyglesias We need zoning reform, clearly! But this is a solution set to bring down the cost of building that isn't dependent on zoning reform.

[Chris Hughes @chrishughes]

More details on a low-cost way to quickly build ourselves out of the housing crisis. And no, it doesn't involve zoning reform. New report I co-authored with @Aarondklein from @BrookingsInst

https://t.co/AQjlMx4RCm

[Alex Jacquez @AlexSJacquez]

Love this piece by @chrishughes on leveraging the Federal Home Loan Banks to invest in housing construction, including affordable housing. @MikeFellman and J.W. Mason made the same case in their @Groundwork paper:

[Aaron Klein @Aarondklein]

Fantastic must read article by @chrishughes in @nytimes laying out an aggressive, progressive vision to tackle housing and turn the FHLB from a source of bank profits to an engine powering homeownership for young Americans. My gift to you:

https://t.co/fpUoWWOF1B

[Open to Debate @OpentoDebateOrg]

AI systems are now writing code, diagnosing diseases, designing buildings, and even generating art. Tools like @ChatGPTapp, @claudeai, @GoogleDeepMind, and autonomous robots are reshaping industries once thought immune to automation. Will AI usher in a new era of prosperity and leisure or a future of unemployment and inequality?

Featured Debaters:
Dr. @ruchowdh, @chrishughes (@economicsecproj), Simon Johnson @baselinescene
(@MITshapingwork), and @AndrewYang. Moderated by @JohnDonvan.

This is the fifth debate of The Hopkins Forum series, co-presented by @snfagora of @johnshopkinsu and @opentodebateorg. Photo credit: Poll Bravo of @JHUBloombergCtr.

Watch now on YouTube, or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

[Open to Debate @OpentoDebateOrg]

Live Debate: @AndrewYang, @chrishughes, Simon Johnson (@baselinescene), and Rumma Chowdhury on AI & the Future of Work

Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and autonomous robots are transforming industries once thought automation-proof — fueling fears of widespread job loss. Will AI Make Work Obsolete?

📅 Wednesday, February 25 | 6:45 PM
📍 @JHUBloombergCtr | Reception to follow

Presented by @SNFAgora and ​​@opentodebateorg
Reserve your free tickets before they sell out: https://t.co/MpcIPyHj9M

[Chris Hughes @chrishughes]

@BrookingsInst I explain what's going on in plain English on Substack here https://t.co/J9bFs2sPV7

[Chris Hughes @chrishughes]

How much value does the Fed's operating system create for commercial banks? In a new @BrookingsInst paper, Josh Younger and I quantify two channels of transfer from the public to the private sector under ample reserves, peaking as high as $200bn annually https://t.co/R7grkHLEO6

[Chris Hughes @chrishughes]

Bank regulation and monetary policy are inextricably intertwined. The Supreme Court should let both stay independent from the White House https://t.co/BHLKTTN5Ve

[Aaron Klein @Aarondklein]

Cryptocurrency is an asset masquerading as a payment instrument. Congress did not see through this illusion and created a dangerous loophole allowing "rewards" for stablecoins that don't add up. If Congress doesn't close this loophole problems are coming.
https://t.co/Qchs0C6wRW

[Chris Hughes @chrishughes]

Congress just authorized a $200 billion foreign investment bank, and almost no one noticed. The Development Finance Corporation could reshape American statecraft. But under this WH it could also become a tool for corruption. My latest in @ForeignPolicy https://t.co/654CxiroGN

[John Jay Economics @JJayEcon]

Come join us in a conversation with @chrishughes and @JWMason1 on Monday, November 17!

[Squawk Box @SquawkCNBC]

Facebook Co-Founder & Economic Security Project Co-Chair @chrishughes discusses President Trump's industrial policy & the government's role in data center investment: https://t.co/j6DC0fBUVN

[The American Prospect @TheProspect]

Trump has positioned himself as a leader who rules by the art of the deal. But far from a master organizer of state capitalism, Trump’s deals with the private sector seem to lack any coherence. From @chrishughes:
https://t.co/uonYp2IaX3

[David Dayen @ddayen]

We have some shutdown stuff coming, but I want to turn your attention to this great piece from @chrishughes , who has really done the best analysis on what Trump economics is: not industrial policy or right populism or America First. It's rule by deal.
https://t.co/G854zqFsxi

[Joe Calvello @the_vello]

Graham Platner held his first town hall this evening in Ellsworth.

Over 850 people showed up.

We thought we’d get 200 people.

We are building something special in Maine.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes.

That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.

[Skanda Amarnath @IrvingSwisher]

Job growth usually only weakens like this when we're headed for a recession

There may be reasons why this time is different (immigration, partial trade shock reversal), but the data is poor

Accounting for all the revisions, Reported 1-Quarter job growth is now just +37k/month