Sean Vanatta
@seanvanatta.bsky.social
Financial historian at University of Glasgow and non-resident fellow at Princeton's JRCPPF. Writing about credit cards (@yalepress), bank supervision (@princetonupress), & pensions.
That magic moment when your research comes full circle. Charge it!
June 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
That magic moment when your research comes full circle. Charge it!
Classic bring your bagpipes to work day here in Glasgow.
June 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Classic bring your bagpipes to work day here in Glasgow.
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!
June 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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!
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...
Get yours at press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
May 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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...
Get yours at press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Plastic Capitalism, in the wild, at Blackwells in Oxford.
February 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Plastic Capitalism, in the wild, at Blackwells in Oxford.
I appreciate that OpenAI is so transparent about ChatGPT's use cases. Have you tried Plagarism? For fun?
October 22, 2024 at 9:54 AM
I appreciate that OpenAI is so transparent about ChatGPT's use cases. Have you tried Plagarism? For fun?
Had a go at the Cobbler today. Weather too poor to summit, but a good adventure nonetheless.
October 15, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Had a go at the Cobbler today. Weather too poor to summit, but a good adventure nonetheless.
US credit card debt boomed over the past three years. It may have peaked. Has the US economy?
Read about it here: on.ft.com/3WIOUSx
Read about it here: on.ft.com/3WIOUSx
August 15, 2024 at 8:49 AM
US credit card debt boomed over the past three years. It may have peaked. Has the US economy?
Read about it here: on.ft.com/3WIOUSx
Read about it here: on.ft.com/3WIOUSx
If you can't wait to get your hands on Plastic Capitalism, you can listen to @leev.bsky.social and I discuss it on Peoples & Things.
Come for the consumer debt, stay for the "unflinchingly bleak" ending.
newbooksnetwork.com/plastic-capi...
Come for the consumer debt, stay for the "unflinchingly bleak" ending.
newbooksnetwork.com/plastic-capi...
April 9, 2024 at 11:36 AM
If you can't wait to get your hands on Plastic Capitalism, you can listen to @leev.bsky.social and I discuss it on Peoples & Things.
Come for the consumer debt, stay for the "unflinchingly bleak" ending.
newbooksnetwork.com/plastic-capi...
Come for the consumer debt, stay for the "unflinchingly bleak" ending.
newbooksnetwork.com/plastic-capi...
You can now pre-order my book, Plastic Capitalism, from Yale UP and all fine retailers. Get them before they're gone!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
April 9, 2024 at 5:09 AM
You can now pre-order my book, Plastic Capitalism, from Yale UP and all fine retailers. Get them before they're gone!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Always appreciate thoughtful feedback on essay prompts.
February 14, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Always appreciate thoughtful feedback on essay prompts.
The origin of the American Bankers Association in 1875. Very normal:
November 14, 2023 at 11:33 AM
The origin of the American Bankers Association in 1875. Very normal:
Pay in shinplasters, obviously. Which I think would mean buying a gift certificate from your local bookstore and then using it to buy the book.
Though I did reflect a bit about this question in the book...
Though I did reflect a bit about this question in the book...
November 4, 2023 at 10:49 AM
Pay in shinplasters, obviously. Which I think would mean buying a gift certificate from your local bookstore and then using it to buy the book.
Though I did reflect a bit about this question in the book...
Though I did reflect a bit about this question in the book...