#nathan tankus

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Notes on the Crises

Until Further Notice, Comprehensive coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025

Some of the best journalism and explainers that I've found on the us coup is over at Crises Notes. If you're seeing headlines but need more context, he breaks down everything (eg the manipulation of language by the coup with 'read-only' versus 'read/write'). I haven't seen many people linking him as it can be a bit dry, but if you're like me and searching for updates every three minutes, then he and kottke.org are the only two you need to keep tabs on.

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Day Five of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: Not “Read Only” access anymore

If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of exper

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source for polling numbers (PDF) ⬆️

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On Thursday I wrote a very critical reply to Professor Frank Partnoy’s feature article in the Atlantic entitled “Will the Banks Collapse”. My article was subsequently linked to by Matt Levine in his Bloomberg newsletter, in Marketwatch and at the American Prospect

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The Keynes Crisis, The Minsky Crisis and the Means Crisis

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The Federal Reserve's Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 7)

Riots, Municipalities and Monetary Policy