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Tomorrow is my 34th Birthday and as such this month's "Birthday" sale is still ongoing. Take advantage today! Birthday Sale! Longtime Notes on the Crises readers will remember that
This is a free Notes on the Crises piece. Consider tipping here. November is my birth month so I'm doing a birthday sale all month long. I'm turning 34,
This is Part Two of a three part series. Find Part one here. Subscribe Today! One of the most important microeconomics textbook writers ever is a man named Hal Varian. Generations of people,
Subscribe Today! So the federal government is shut down. I’ve been late to covering this story because of my focus on events at the Federal Reserve. Well, that was true when I
Buy a Paid Subscription The developments in the legal fight between the Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and the second Trump administration have evolved quite rapidly over the past three weeks. It'
Recent events regarding Lisa Cook’s attempted firing by Donald Trump have convinced me to do a premium series on the history of racial segregation and the Federal Reserve. This is for a
This is a free Notes on the Crises article. A reminder to readers that the various activities run out of the still-new Notes on the Crises office cost money, while an enormous amount
Support Notes on the Crises! Hello readers; I’m long overdue for major updates across a whole range of issues. I have continued to work full time on Notes on the Crises but
This is the second installment in the Notes on the Crises series on the IRS. While the first essay traced how the agency has become a political target and potential tool of authoritarianism,
How Trump, DOGE, and Project 2025 Are Turning the IRS Into a Tool of Authoritarian Rule Editor’s Introduction: Hello readers, it's Nathan Tankus and I am very happy to bring
Early last week I started working on a piece on why the Federal Reserve didn’t step in during the Trump Tariff Financial Panic. The basic idea of that piece is simply that
Subscribe I have ended up taking a lot longer to write up my biggest picture thoughts on the dollar than I initially expected. Partially this is because things seem to have stabilized- for