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Chris Hughes is a senior fellow at the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy at The New School, and he is also the co-founder of the Economic Security Project and a senior advisor at the Roosevelt Institute. Previously, he was also the publisher of The New Republic and is a co-founder of Facebook. Chris joins Macro Musings to talk about his work on Arthur Burns\u2019 tenure as Fed Chair and the lessons we can learn from it as applied to today\u2019s inflation experience. Specifically, David and Chris also discuss Arthur Burns\u2019 view of the economy and inflation, how his perspective on business psychology impacted these views, Burns\u2019 view of fiscal and industrial policy as a tool for combating inflation, and a lot more.

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*Rethinking Arthur Bruns, the \u201cWorst\u201d Fed Chair in History* by Chris Hughes

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*Digital Dollars: Critical Design Choices and Effects of a Central Bank Digital Currency* by Chris Hughes