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lol, people can write "Full Fed and Segregation series" in the text line for tips and if I reach 1k I'll do four parts minimum. www.crisesnotes.com#/portal/supp...
Yes.
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I kind of really need a big subscription response to justify doing it.
I'm thinking of gambling on doing a multi-part series on the history of racial segregation and the Fed. I really want to, its what feels right for my writing flow right now. and I have some bombshells from my "original" book research. But I'm a little worried it will land like a lead balloon.
paywalling one's death magnum opus has a fun sense of humor to it. Funnier if I make it a "gotta be a 1k a year subsriber" piece.
Gonna write a 20,000 word piece answering all the secrets of money and economics and at the end go "btw if you're reading this, I died."
I would have been dead in the water without Bluesky. Twitter was my main referral source and it was dead for me before I even got into writing about the "Trump Musk Payments crisis". Keep on subscribing though www.crisesnotes.com#/portal/signup
I did call it crank
Actually it got going in may 2023 (???)
Looking back at his wikipedia is how i learned that a congressional "jewish caucus" was formed this year of which he is a co-chair. It "informally" got going in response to the "rise of antisemitism" after October 7th.
I did say it was a crank theory.
God the projection on this website is off the charts. bsky.app/profile/oldf...
My new crank theory is that we are suffering from having all summer-born presidents and we need a "left wing Reagan" i.e. a leftist born in February
I want more on the voting pattern and turnout differences of dem leaning independents and self IDed dems
Almost never coming across other fat people on dating apps is probably the most depressing thing about using them in NYC. Matching with non-fat people doesn't make up for it. And then I have a strict rule not to match with straight women which narrows things even more.
I would have been dead in the water without Bluesky. Twitter was my main referral source and it was dead for me before I even got into writing about the "Trump Musk Payments crisis". Keep on subscribing though www.crisesnotes.com#/portal/signup
Yes, it's part of the celebration!
Yeah mixture of cowardice and "my racist politics aren't racist if i treat actual members of this group as people and have four randomly chosen nuances which make me sophisticated in my own mind"
Why didn't i make a single post a thread? This is a real puzzle to solve. Anyway, "the point" is not for you to define and is a lazy rhetorical move to avoid responding to the points you don't have answers for.
I think there's a lot of weird projection from first principles when ideas like this come up as if there isn't a vast literature discussing a wide variety of models. Also a lack of benchmarking to our actually existing system.
There's no reason a sortitioned position can't be a paid position.
Actually its quite easy for people to look up terms and not every bluesky post needs immediate accessibility to every single person. Its actually quite condescending to "99% of people" to think that a tweet with one unfamiliar word would be so inaccessible.
The biggest thing missing from conversations about Democracy is the concept of deliberation. Democracy doesn't truly exist without mechanisms to thoughtfully deliberate. One of the things that makes sortition such a valuable tool is it allows for deliberation with large populations.
Ah i see so you are incapable of reading and refuse to, well buh bye
You should actually read the full paragraph in question and click the link
Americans know solidarity is the key to defeating authoritarianism. Yet despite having constantly been seeded with this fundamental lesson, the second Trump administration has been marked by a remarkable failure of spine across all the institutions www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
This is a very good article on the abject failure of #American institutions, to meet the challenge of tRump's ongoing coup. Nice to know the fall of #America will be well chronicled. 😐 #FighttRump #FightBack www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
This is exactly right. They are more like the most compliant judenrats that most effectively contain resistance than they are sovereign states in sustainable treaty arrangements. Liquidation last is not the same thing as not under threat
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NEW PIECE: Powell and the Federal Reserve System has already failed to meet the moment and not defending Lisa Cook will seal both Powell's and the Fed's fate. www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
“The Trump administration has provided no evidence for its allegations of “mortgage fraud” against Lisa Cook and an individual can have multiple “principal residences”, as President Trump himself has.” @nathantankus.bsky.social www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
"The Trump administration has provided no evidence for its allegations of “mortgage fraud” against Lisa Cook and an individual can have multiple 'principal residences', as President Trump himself has."
Only someone on the spectrum could nail this as well and clearly as @nathantankus.bsky.social (who is on the spectrum) does here: www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
Fed Chair Powell is silent on Trump's attacks on Lisa Cook. The Fed is buckling under.
The rager at my office when the event does happen is gonna be legendary
If you have information on "the event" signal me at NathanTankus.01 a minute after you signal Marisa
If you have information on "the event" signal me at NathanTankus.01 a minute after you signal Marisa
The organic decision to refer to it as "the event" is extremely funny
I basically did this on @trashfuture.bsky.social this week
The Federal Reserve has already made the error of letting itself become isolated from the attacks on the rest of the administrative state. Powell can still change course, but time is running out. Federal Reserve Chairman Powell: Hang together with Lisa Cook. www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
The crickets from the Fed this week have done damage to it's credibility that will take a long time to repair The Fed is the most politically insulated economic policymaker in America Justifying that independence is harder than it was a week ago
@nathantankus.bsky.social is correct, & the Fed statement is particularly bad by DIGNIFYING WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY AN ARTICLE 2 FART with “We’ll see what the (corrupt) courts say.” When someone does not have authority over you, keep doing your work & ignore them. www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
Must Read!!!!
An excellent piece with new-to-me detail on the ‘accusations’ against Cook. I agree that Powell faces a choice between trying to use the power of market panic to compel Trump to back down or losing.
Nathan’s articles will become more and more important as we get deeper into the insanity of Trump’s admin. Crisesnotes is well worth subscribing to and sharing.
Excellent article from @nathantankus.bsky.social “The Trump administration has provided no evidence for its allegations of “mortgage fraud” against Lisa Cook and an individual can have multiple “principal residences”, as President Trump himself has.” www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
Very well put by @nathantankus.bsky.social: “Powell must do everything in his power to compel the conventional wisdom of market traders to more adequately “price in” the degradation of the rule of law.” www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
Really good analysis of the Fed's and Chair Powell's failure to respond to the efforts to undermine central bank independence.
Relevant to #MADC from @nathantankus.bsky.social www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
The irony is not lost on me that a central pillar of US capitalism for the past century may collapse due to its refusal to defend a Black woman…the past half decade has been a parade of institutional failure at vital points
Recommended reading on the necessity of collective action for defending our institutions like the Fed.
Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
@nathantankus.bsky.social cogently lays out the deficit in leadership we've seen from the Fed and Powell so far, and what Powell must do to preserve the integrity of the Fed right now...or else be the architect of the demise of its vaunted independence. Now or never, ball's in Powell's court.
@nathantankus.bsky.social is right: "Federal Reserve Chairman Powell: hang together with Lisa Cook." www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
100. %. Right. If if if if if only Powell would do what @nathantankus.bsky.social advises: go on TV and read 'em. Else he will weep.
Piece is up now
Nathan’s right. The Fed is not up to the task of an actual threat. They operate inside a cozy structure of norms, and have absolutely no tools when someone sets those norms on fire.
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NEW PIECE: Powell and the Federal Reserve System has already failed to meet the moment and not defending Lisa Cook will seal both Powell's and the Fed's fate. www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
Got a spicy one coming out at 7 AM: "Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution" www.crisesnotes.com#/portal/signup
Got a spicy one coming out at 7 AM: "Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution" www.crisesnotes.com#/portal/signup
? Do you mean the constitution?
Mass murderer is now accusing Haaretz of "blood libel."
deskilling is not an economics term.
@nathantankus.bsky.social is brilliant mind and this is a very worthwhile read. I think it was @pkrugman.bsky.social who wondered when "the market" will have a Wile E Coyote moment and recognize that it has run off the edge of the cliff. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
AI making you suck at your job isn't "deskilling", arghhh
Important clarification, multiple CDC sources tell me: Federal employees are not allowed to strike/walk out, so this is *not* a walkout but a "clap out" to show support for departing leadership. Current employees were either given permission to attend by a supervisor or used leave time to attend.
One of my favorite papers on climate science is about how it's unfalsifiablity casts doubt *on Popper* drive.google.com/file/d/1zD-j...
"The inimitable @nathantankus.bsky.social !!!!" Has he not been informed about the old blog posts yet
"Conventional wisdom processor" is too perfect. @nathantankus.bsky.social is spot on, and we should all fear the moment when the consensus shifts.
Extremely helpful from @pkrugman.bsky.social about why markets' reaction to Trump's attempts to abolish the foundations of American prosperity have been so muted, even as he's gone after Fed independence: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-arent-... It's even got a political epistemology angle.
"The reality of Trump’s threat to the very system that investors depend on has failed to become the conventional wisdom among traders, and thus Wall Street continues its muted response to the cataclysmic," writes @nathantankus.bsky.social. #Fed www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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My new Politico Op Ed is live! Will send it out to my email list after I pick up lunch. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Here's my post on my Politico op ed. Includes info on how to make tax deductible donations to Notes on the Crises! www.crisesnotes.com/new-politico...
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Heterodox economist means something different than fascists calling themselves "heterodox"
42-55 percent is good
Going on this show is like going to Chotiner's house and asking him to step on you
Wow
An autocratic president taking control of the Fed is a democratisation of money in the way that an emperor making his horse a senator is a democratisation of public office
A significant number of heterodox economists signing this, evincing a significant commitment to solidarity beyond personal intellectual proclivities.
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
President Trump has attempted to exert control over the Federal Reserve, an entity that is supposed to be independent. “The president would like control of the money spigot,” says Aya Ibrahim, former senior policy advisor at the White House National Economic Council.
Great @desmog.com article by @joeygrostern.bsky.social on this incredible network of slopaganda, primarily used to publicise climate denial. How cool that we are still only in the early days of this type of stuff :) :) :) :) www.desmog.com/2025/08/27/a...
What I am saying is there's a difference between reporting intent and your personal thoughts.
Breaking news: Susan Monarez, the newly installed director of the CDC, is being ousted weeks after she was confirmed to lead the public health agency, according to multiple administration officials.
I mean, if that's the angle they are going for they should say that. This is an extremely generous explanation.
So, count @nathantankus.bsky.social as one of the few people to concentrate his focus on the one person who matters: Jay Powell. We thought Powell was a corporate stooge empty suit good only at sucking up to power. Most left of center types disagreed. We'll see! www.politico.com/news/magazin...
This is stupid Supreme Court style horse race reporting inapplicable to the Fed. First, the entire point of this situation is that legislative ability to insulate agencies from the President has been decimated. Why would that suddenly disappear if a Democrat got into office? Second,pass legislation!
Hahaha i know but the screen is most fun 😊
Thanks! Loved you in Wizard of Lies!
This by @nathantankus.bsky.social is one of the smartest things I've seen about the enormous stakes in the game of chicken Trump is playing with the Federal Reserve - and the delusional game of "ostrich" that Wall Street is playing with Trump. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Okay they may "not know" but in a way that's worse?
Man those 2% of Democrats who think Israel is committing genocide and should continue to be armed...
www.politico.com/news/magazin... If Powell does not come to Cook’s defense and continue to treat her as a governor-in-good-standing, he will be the Fed chair who oversaw the destruction of the Federal Reserve’s prized independence.. like Roberts presiding over demise of the S Ct.