Nathan Tankus

@nathantankus

President of @crisesnotes.bsky.social ( Book: [About Undetermined], under contract with Viking Books email: crisesnotes@gmail(dot)com Signal: NathanTankus.01 (only for reporting... Okay on weekends you can confess crushes)

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Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· 28d

At long last, I'm putting out my (kind of) Alan Greenspan obituary tomorrow, in time for Kevin Warsh's first Humphrey Hawkins hearing as Federal Reserve chairman. You're not gonna want to miss it. www.crisesnotes.com#/portal/signup

Alan Greenspan’s Death is a Chance to Remember the Heroism of his Most Powerful Critic

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· 28d

Reposting an old meme...

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· 28d

In my provisional plan Sovereign Wealth Funds are the 17th "Organizational form" I'm going to tackle in the series, and come near the (current) end.

Organizational Forms
Household
Business Partnership
Limited Liability Corporation
Individual Trust
Labor Cooperative
Non-Profit Corporation
Special Purpose Vehicle
Venture Capital Firm
Private Equity Fund
Hedge Fund
Corporate Holding Company
Insurance Company
Pension Fund
University/Non-profit Endowment
Family Office
Bank Trust Department
Sovereign Wealth Fund
Index Fund

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· 29d

Haven't been keeping up with my cloudfare stats and was happy to login and see 71k unique @crisesnotes.bsky.social visitors in the last month. Thanks to everyone reading and sharing!

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· 29d

Coming tomorrow morning in @crisesnotes.bsky.social: A guest piece from @philiprocco.bsky.social on the impact on state and local governments from the "federal financial assistance" OMB proposed rule. www.crisesnotes.com#/portal/signup

Russell Vought is Using the Plumbing of Fiscal Federalism to Create a New Patronage System

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 11

Next Hierarchy of Finance piece is on the Household and is going to cover this fantastic article

A PURSE OF HER OWN: THE CASE AGAINST
JOINT BANK ACCOUNTS by Lisa R. Mahle

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 11

This appeared on my desk and i don't know where it's from?? I have reached the level of success where primary sources i would be interested in just apparate. I am not kidding.

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 11

**Daniel Craig voice** Ladies and Gentleman, the weekend.

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Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 10

I can finally say i paid too much but i won this at auction.

"READ" poster with spike lee holding a copy of the autobiography of Malcolm X

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 10

Yup! www.crisesnotes.com/agency-indep...

A way to think about it is this: the Supreme Court this week said in Slaughter v. Trump that Congress couldn’t “reach into” the executive branch to create removal protections for executive officers. If now anyone (absent Federal Reserve officials) are subject to removal by the president without cause, what would stop a president from simply firing officials who dared to execute laws he wanted unexecuted? Remember that a common way for courts to protect against illegal executive behavior is to judicially impose removal protections for officials resisting the unconstitutional directive in question! This clearly isn’t going to fly in a unitary executive world. The Supreme Court has not only avoided proposing a remedy to unconstitutional impoundment of congressionally ordered spending, it's currently still avoiding recognizing there is a problem. All signs point to this being by design

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 9

"With apologies to René Magritte, a painting of a pipe is a pipe and a simulation of a market is a market." www.crisesnotes.com#/portal/signup

"This is not a Pipe" painting except its a Kalshi betting market where the betting market determines whether it is a Pipe or not. "Is a pipe" is trading at 99% and "Not a Pipe" is trading at 10%.

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 8

Some interesting flavor combos have been going on in the office lately

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 8

Him and Russell Brand burning a dollar bill. Here is an actual email I have from then.

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 6

"Alas"

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 4

I attended @thomasherndon.bsky.social's wedding and got to throw Liza into Bob Pollin's pool. And then push her in a second time.

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 2

I have some original art for this piece by Noel Barrera. I love it. Yes that is chief justice John Roberts as Lenin

Art by Noel Barrera. This is a satirical image utilizing a Soviet poster associated with the idea "Socialism in One Country". Yes, that is chief justice John Roberts as Lenin

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 2

Coming in four hours: "Agency Independence in One Agency: Humphrey’s Executor is Cowering in the Basement of the Eccles Building" Yes, that is John Roberts as Lenin. Promote the hell out of this one, because I'll be asleep www.crisesnotes.com#/portal/signup

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 2

You're in luck, I've been working on an 8,000 to 10,000 word piece on precisely this topic!

Why Are American Elites So Committed to Israel? Beyond the “Aircraft Carrier/Zionist Lobby” Dichotomy

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 2

Keynes actually leans a lot of the General Theory on the marginal disutility of work not being equal to the incremental product of labor. www.marxists.org/reference/su...

Now, in so far as the classical theory assumes that real wages are always equal to the marginal disutility of labour and that, the latter increases when employment increases, so that the labour supply will fall off, cet. par., if real wages are reduced, it is assuming that in practice it is impossible to increase expenditure in terms of wage-units. If this were true, the concept of elasticity of employment would have no field of application. Moreover, it would, in this event, be impossible to increase employment by increasing expenditure in terms of money; for money-wages would rise proportionately to the increased money expenditures so that there would be no increase of expenditure in terms of wage-units and consequently no increase in employment. But if the classical assumption does not hold good, it will be possible to increase employment by increasing expenditure in terms of money until real wages have fallen to equality with the marginal disutility of labour, at which point there will, by definition, be full employment.

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jul 1

Schumer being underwater with Democratic voters is a death knell for his leadership. We are almost at the end of the Schumer era.

Early 2020 Schumer Had +40 net favorability among democrats. Now he has -1 net favorability among Democrats

Early 2020 Schumer Had 75% favorability among New York democrats. Now he has 47% favorability among Democrats

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jun 30

For the Uninitiated, "Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present" is a pretty good introduction. wwnorton.com/books/978039...

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jun 30

Tomorrow's piece is "The Medium is the Message: The First Three Levers OMB Has Over Agencies". Subscribe so you don't miss it. www.crisesnotes.com#/portal/signup

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jun 29

@arpitrage.bsky.social, why do you think RGB rent regulation decisions have lined up so closely with NYC CPI?

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jun 29

TLDR:

sign from Queer Liberation March 2026 in NYC saying "I hate a Neutral Ass Bitch"

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jun 28

From the queer liberation march (i am in attendance)

Queer liberation march. Palestinian flag and sign that says "i hate a neutral ass bitch"

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jun 28

You mean the news about Senegal's historic victory over Iraq in the world cup?

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jun 27

Congratulations @elizabethcooper.bsky.social! I will take the opportunity to say- it went just how I planned it when I was tricking you into economics 3 years ago.

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jun 27

The centerpiece of this piece is a sneaker pawnshop and Super Mario's attempt to use a pair of "Nike Air Jordan 1 Retro High 'Travis Scott'" sneakers as collateral. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Xd...

Desus holding a "Nike Air Jordan 1 Retro High 'Travis Scott'" sneaker

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus· Jun 25

Got a copy of @akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com's excellent looking book today "Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors and Israel's War on Gaza"