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Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg
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| With Chris Hughes (Economist & Co-Founder @ Facebook). |
| Bloomberg, 120 Park Ave |
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May 07 (Wed) , 2025 @ 05:30 PM
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**NOTE: This month's Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg event will be hosted at Bloomberg's 120 Park Avenue office. Please check the WHEN & WHERE section below for details.**
Bloomberg, Cornell Tech, & Tech:NYC invite you to join us for the latest installment of the Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg Speaker Series, featuring economist & writer Chris Hughes in conversation with Isabelle Lee, Cross-Asset Reporter with Bloomberg News.
In his new book, Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy, economist & writer Chris Hughes explores the modern history of American capitalism. He shares stories of those who successfully & unsuccessfully shaped markets, & reveals how both political parties have consistently used markets to achieve their social & political goals, such as avoiding gasoline shortages, reducing inflation, fostering the American aviation & semiconductor industries, addressing climate change, & encouraging financial innovation.
Hughes brings a unique perspective to this discussion. He co-founded Facebook in 2004 & directed Barack Obama's digital organizing efforts in 2008.
In 2016, Hughes co-founded the Economic Security Project (ESP), which advocates for building economic power for all Americans, particularly through the use of antimonopoly policy & guaranteed income policy. The organization was instrumental in expanding the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic. His first book, Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality & How We Earn, was published in 2018.
We hope you'll register for the opportunity to attend this engaging & timely conversation about economic policy, financial markets, & the future of the American economy. Hughes will share insights on how understanding past successes & failures of past marketcrafters can inform the development of future markets, like those in artificial intelligence & clean power, to be innovative, stable, & inclusive.
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Agenda
5:30 PM
Networking reception begins
6:00 PM
Doors close, conversation starts
6:45 PM
Audience Q&A
7:00 PM
Networking & hors d'oeuvres to follow
7:45 PM
Food service ends
PLEASE NOTE: Seating is limited & registered attendees will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors close promptly at the top of the hour. Individuals arriving late may be turned away from the building. No walk-ins will be allowed.
Chris Hughes
Economist & Writer
Chris Hughes is an economist & writer who serves as Chair of the Economic Security Project, a leading nonprofit advocating for economic power for all Americans. He is the author of Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy, published by Simon & Schuster's Avid Reader Press in 2025.
Hughes, who was a co-founder of Facebook, holds degrees in history & economics from Harvard & The New School for Social Research & is completing his PhD at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His writing & essays have been published by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Time Magazine, & others. His first book, Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality & How We Earn, was published by St Martin's Press in 2018.
He lives in New York City with his husband & two children.
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