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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · 20d

I use the Em dash--over use it even--and I am not a robot.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/m...

With the Em Dash, A.I. Embraces a Fading Tradition

www.nytimes.com

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Jeremy Kress @jeremykress.bsky.social · 26d

I was delighted to contribute to the Yale JREG symposium on @seanvanatta.bsky.social and @petercontibrown.bsky.social's excellent new book.

My essay examines what the book can teach us about efforts to eliminate management ratings from the supervisory toolkit.
www.yalejreg.com/nc/in-defens...

www.yalejreg.com

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · 27d

Thrilled about this. Check it out!

briandfeinstein.bsky.social @briandfeinstein.bsky.social · 27d

The Yale Journal of Regulation is hosting a symposium on @petercontibrown.bsky.social & @seanvanatta.bsky.social's new book "Private Finance, Public Power" - a deeply researched history of bank supervision that anyone interested in banking, state capacity, or Am. political development should read.

Introduction to Symposium on Peter Conti-Brown & Sean Vanatta’s Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America, by Brian D. Feinstein - Yale Journal on Regulation

This post introduces Notice & Comment’s symposium on Peter Conti-Brown and Sean Vanatta’s Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America. For other posts in the series, click ...

www.yalejreg.com

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briandfeinstein.bsky.social @briandfeinstein.bsky.social · 27d

The Yale Journal of Regulation is hosting a symposium on @petercontibrown.bsky.social & @seanvanatta.bsky.social's new book "Private Finance, Public Power" - a deeply researched history of bank supervision that anyone interested in banking, state capacity, or Am. political development should read.

Introduction to Symposium on Peter Conti-Brown & Sean Vanatta’s Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America, by Brian D. Feinstein - Yale Journal on Regulation

This post introduces Notice & Comment’s symposium on Peter Conti-Brown and Sean Vanatta’s Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America. For other posts in the series, click ...

www.yalejreg.com

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · 29d

Your periodic reminder that credit card rewards are a regressive tax that should be regulated out of existence:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/b...

Airlines Want a Piece of Every Purchase You Make

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Aug 29

The tooth fairy is rummaging through the couch cushions tonight. Anyone have 2 quid lying around?

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ProMarket @promarket.bsky.social · Jul 25

NEW: Read an excerpt from “Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America” by @petercontibrown.bsky.social and @seanvanatta.bsky.social, now out at @princetonupress.bsky.social.

www.promarket.org/2025/07/25/a...

Antimonopoly Banking After the New Deal - ProMarket

The following is an excerpt from "Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America" by Peter Conti-Brown and Sean H. Vanatta, now out at Princeton University Press.

www.promarket.org

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Jun 24

Private Finance, Public Power featured on the Legal History Blog:

legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/brow...

Brown & Vanatta, "Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America"

New from Princeton University Press: Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America (2025), by Peter Conti-Bro...

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thank you to the many friends and colleagues who have supported this work over its long journey, and to the team at @princetonupress.bsky.social, who made the book and brought it to the world.

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Jun 24

Today is the official pub. date for @petercontibrown.bsky.social and my book, Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America.

We did not anticipate that it would drop at a moment when so much in supervision is up for grabs.

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Private Finance, Public Power

The strange and contested evolution of the management of banking risk

press.princeton.edu

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Jun 24

If you want to understand what @jeremykress.bsky.social is so worked up about, our book Private Finance, Public Power is out today!

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Jun 24

It's called supervisory discretion, Jeremy!

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Julian Zelizer @zelizer.bsky.social · Jun 19

Proud of my two students, @petercontibrown and @seanvanatta.bsky.social on their fantastic new book, Private Finance, Public Power. @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Jun 19

That magic moment when your research comes full circle. Charge it!

Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Jun 18

Classic bring your bagpipes to work day here in Glasgow.

Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Jun 10

That's a wrap on The Past and Future of Bank Supervision @brookings.edu . Thanks to Aaron Klein for organising and hosting a great event!

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David Beckworth @davidbeckworth.bsky.social · Jun 9

Super fun show this week with @seanvanatta.bsky.social and @petercontibrown.bsky.social on their new history of bank supervision in the United States. We also cover the recent SCOTUS case on POTUS removing Fed governors, powerlifting, and more! www.mercatus.org/macro-musing... (1/n)

Peter Conti-Brown and Sean Vanatta on the History of Bank Supervision in America

Peter Conti-Brown is a historian and legal scholar of the Federal Reserve System, and an associate professor at the

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Jun 3

Unfortunately, Illinois did not adopt the pension laws commission's recomendations, and has continued to be a poster child for disastrous unsound pension plans.

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · Jun 3

Started writing the next book today. Off to a good start:

“The laws of the various states for pensions of public employes have been enacted with almost utter disregard for the disastrous experiences contained in the history of unsound pension plans.”

Illinois Pension Laws Commission, 1919

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · May 26

Private Finance, Public Power, real and in the flesh! Can't wait until this starts shipping out.

Get yours at press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · May 17

I do love this country. It's Braw.

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Glasgow, Taps-Aff or Taps-Oan?

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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · May 15

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🗓️ Application deadline: November 1 2025

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · May 16

“'The U.S. consumer never lets us down,' John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York."

This, with the graph of credit card delinquencies, is the entire post-New Deal US political economy.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Consumers Show Signs of Strain Amid Trump's Tariff Rollout

Consumer spending has been the bulwark against recession. A pullback could slow the economy.

www.nytimes.com

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · May 13

Could they redirect those investments toward public infrastructure in a turn to US-style fiscal mutualism (an investment strategy from the midcentury era of conservative nostalgia)?

I'm...not hopeful...

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Sean Vanatta @seanvanatta.bsky.social · May 12

Oh FFS

Migrants will have to spend decade in UK before applying to stay - on.ft.com/42UkLnF via @FT

Migrants will have to spend decade in UK before applying to stay

Government to also end visas for care workers as part of immigration clampdown

on.ft.com

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