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  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Digital currencies
    An American CBDC is not the way to fight China’s financial might

    Introducing a Fed-backed digital currency will not be the game-changer many think

  • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
    US economy
    The US needs direct cash payments through this crisis — and the next

    The economic stimulus would kick in automatically and be big, quick and efficient

  • Friday, 21 June, 2019
    Cryptocurrencies
    Facebook co-founder: Libra coin would shift power into the wrong hands

    Regulators should not underestimate the digital currency’s disruptive potential

  • Thursday, 9 May, 2019
    Social Media
    Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes calls for its break-up

    Early employee says Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘unchecked power’ has created a monopoly

  • Wednesday, 2 May, 2018
    Media
    Subsidy from the wealthy is looking more important than ever for the future of journalism

    The case for civic-minded individuals to step up has never been stronger, yet the disincentives are growing stronger still

  • Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
    FT In depthFacebook privacy breach
    Facebook co-founder says reckoning over its data use is ‘overdue’

    At FT event, Chris Hughes also faults social network for role in rise of Donald Trump

  • Thursday, 1 March, 2018
    FT Books Essay
    The utopia project: can Silicon Valley fix the future?

    Amid growing anxiety over new technologies, an effort to recapture the idealism of the 1990s is under way

  • Friday, 26 February, 2016
    US & Canadian companies
    Oregon publisher buys The New Republic

    Sale marks end of Chris Hughes’ efforts to reshape the magazine for the digital age

  • Monday, 11 January, 2016
    US & Canadian companies
    The New Republic put up for sale by owner Chris Hughes

    Facebook co-founder admits defeat after revamp sparks mass exodus

  • Sunday, 7 December, 2014
    US & Canadian companies
    Shake-up at New Republic leads to shake-out of talent

    Less than a month since its 100th birthday, it is in turmoil following an exodus by writers

  • Saturday, 9 February, 2013
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Lunch with the FT: Chris Hughes

    After co-founding Facebook, Chris Hughes directed Barack Obama’s digital campaign for president. So why has he switched to old media?

  • Saturday, 10 March, 2012
    US & Canadian companies
    Facebook co-founder buys New Republic
  • Tuesday, 16 August, 2011
    Retail & Consumer industry
    National Milk Records uncovers scam
  • Friday, 4 March, 2011
    Tech blogTechnology sector
    Further reading: Facebook investments and the riddle over Twitter and JPMorgan
  • Friday, 3 December, 2010
    InterviewFT Magazine
    The Inventory: Chris Hughes
  • Monday, 10 November, 2008
    News in-depthUK banks
    No more easy money
  • Tuesday, 12 August, 2008
    FT AlphavilleEquities
    Pink Picks
  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2008
    FT AlphavillePaul Murphy
    Further reading
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2008
    US downturn
    Vest practice: rewards that pay out over time
  • Wednesday, 20 February, 2008
    FT AlphavilleGwen Robinson
    Leveraged loans and credit losses: Investment banking’s winners and losers
  • Monday, 11 February, 2008
    FT AlphavillePaul Murphy
    SocGen developments
  • Tuesday, 15 January, 2008
    FT AlphavilleGwen Robinson
    Bank bonus season — better than you feared
  • Tuesday, 25 September, 2007
    FT AlphavilleGwen Robinson
    Homm (totally) redefines the fight for shareholder value
  • Friday, 14 September, 2007
    FT AlphavilleGwen Robinson
    Lombard: Pain in the UK mid-market — only one way to go?
  • Tuesday, 24 July, 2007
    FT AlphavillePaul Murphy
    Barclays’ Chinese tie-up
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