Chris Hughes

Hughes is a Senior Fellow at the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy at The New School. He is also the co-founder of the Economic Security Project and the author of Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn.

Recent Articles

If Banks Want More Deposit Insurance, They Should Pay for It

Significantly enhanced or unlimited deposit insurance would be a major gift to privately run banking institutions.

By Chris Hughes

The Free Market is Dead: What Will Replace It?

Big meetings in the Oval Office in the time of Covid-19 are rare, but two weeks into his presidency, President Joe Biden decided to make an exception. It was only a few days after the...

By Chris Hughes

Americans Need Cash Now

We are in the middle of two of the most important races of our lifetimes: the pursuit of a vaccine to end the coronavirus pandemic and the development of emergency measures to avoid a second...

By Chris Hughes
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