Brendan Greeley
@bhgreeley.bsky.social
PhD candidate in the history of finance at Princeton. Working on early-modern Atlantic currencies. Writing a trade-press history of the dollar and a dissertation about the guinea. I used to be a journalist. I used to be a lot of things.
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Brendan Greeley
@bhgreeley.bsky.social
· Aug 10
The Almighty Dollar by Brendan Greeley: 9780593138885 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
In this ambitious and groundbreaking history of the dollar, financial journalist and economic scholar Brendan Greeley makes a new argument about the origins of our money—and the people and nations...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
I just got a nice note from a stranger saying he'd pre-ordered my book, The Almighty Dollar. That is how I found out my book, The Almighty Dollar, is available for pre-order. Please pre-order my book, The Almighty Dollar. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502...
Damn.
"... and take them more seriously than Rogoff himself does. Indeed I would suggest that his early chess career, starting in high school, is the important intellectual formation we need to have in mind as the lens for understanding the moves in his second career as an economist."
Then, heavy blow:
Then, heavy blow:
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Damn.
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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Great FT opening for a correspondent covering Taiwan and Asia regional security job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
Greater China Correspondent
Taipei
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
January 29, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Great FT opening for a correspondent covering Taiwan and Asia regional security job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
I hate it here
Tether's overall gold holdings are now worth about $24bn, making the stablecoin company one of the world's top holders, owning about as much bullion as Brazil's central bank. ft.trib.al/bCuTLoV
January 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I hate it here
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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Please share widely!
The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Please share widely!
The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
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I, for one, think @paulblustein.bsky.social and @bhgreeley.bsky.social have gone way too far in this publicity drive for their books on the dollar.
January 27, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I, for one, think @paulblustein.bsky.social and @bhgreeley.bsky.social have gone way too far in this publicity drive for their books on the dollar.
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Trump just pummelling the dollar now:
January 27, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Trump just pummelling the dollar now:
Ordered!
Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE
I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
January 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Ordered!
Historians: what do you use as a portable mobile phone stand for taking pictures in the archives?
January 27, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Historians: what do you use as a portable mobile phone stand for taking pictures in the archives?
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Silver surged the most since 2008 and gold roared past $5,000-an-ounce for the first time, extending a precious metals rally
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Silver surged the most since 2008 and gold roared past $5,000-an-ounce for the first time, extending a precious metals rally
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Of all the research and reading I've done in the last decade on the four or so centuries of global silver dominance, I have to admit I had not anticipated it would be relevant this year as we witness... the remonetization of silver?
January 26, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Of all the research and reading I've done in the last decade on the four or so centuries of global silver dominance, I have to admit I had not anticipated it would be relevant this year as we witness... the remonetization of silver?
Yes, definitely never forget the stock market crash, rolling bank failures and capital-D Depression that followed the opulence shown here
It's a video exclusively of wealthy white people, 1920s, maybe. For which Trump repurposes an anti-genocide slogan. It couldn't be plainer: "Never forget" white supremacy.
January 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Yes, definitely never forget the stock market crash, rolling bank failures and capital-D Depression that followed the opulence shown here
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It's a cold dark heart that does not laugh at how suddenly everyone's on the dEbAsEmEnT trade, silver has gone batshit, gold is on fire and bitcoin is like
January 26, 2026 at 5:31 PM
It's a cold dark heart that does not laugh at how suddenly everyone's on the dEbAsEmEnT trade, silver has gone batshit, gold is on fire and bitcoin is like
What stage of Minsky is this part
January 26, 2026 at 2:08 PM
What stage of Minsky is this part
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yikes, fam. squeaky bum time on USDCHF
January 26, 2026 at 10:57 AM
yikes, fam. squeaky bum time on USDCHF
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Dear history fans, what objects would you like to see in an exhibition on privateering & life at sea in the 18th century? Everyday objects, letters, navigational instruments, or something unexpected? It will also explore forced migration. I’d love to hear your thoughts #earlymodern #maritimehistory
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Dear history fans, what objects would you like to see in an exhibition on privateering & life at sea in the 18th century? Everyday objects, letters, navigational instruments, or something unexpected? It will also explore forced migration. I’d love to hear your thoughts #earlymodern #maritimehistory
I am putting together a list of media people can send a book galley to and realizing they're all just people I met in 2002 at @hodgman.bsky.social' Little Gray Book lectures. Those events were like the Velvet Underground; two hundred people showed up and all of them ended up on mastheads.
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I am putting together a list of media people can send a book galley to and realizing they're all just people I met in 2002 at @hodgman.bsky.social' Little Gray Book lectures. Those events were like the Velvet Underground; two hundred people showed up and all of them ended up on mastheads.
Can we please all talk about this all the time so it becomes one of those historical facts everyone knows and therefore politically useful?
I really like that Roman interest rates are usually capped at 12%. Anything above is illegal and seen as extortionate. Average credit card rate today is 21.39% to 24%. Eek.
January 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Can we please all talk about this all the time so it becomes one of those historical facts everyone knows and therefore politically useful?
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Easy IPE lesson plan:
@danielmcdowell.bsky.social's "How to Dismantle a Reserve Currency" +
@alphaville.ft.com's "Could Europe really leverage its $12.6tn pile of US assets?"
Discuss.
@danielmcdowell.bsky.social's "How to Dismantle a Reserve Currency" +
@alphaville.ft.com's "Could Europe really leverage its $12.6tn pile of US assets?"
Discuss.
How to dismantle a reserve currency
For the economic tumult that the dollar has faced over the last eighty years, its political foundations have remained steadfast—until now. As the political order on which the dollar system rests grows...
www.atlanticcouncil.org
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Easy IPE lesson plan:
@danielmcdowell.bsky.social's "How to Dismantle a Reserve Currency" +
@alphaville.ft.com's "Could Europe really leverage its $12.6tn pile of US assets?"
Discuss.
@danielmcdowell.bsky.social's "How to Dismantle a Reserve Currency" +
@alphaville.ft.com's "Could Europe really leverage its $12.6tn pile of US assets?"
Discuss.
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Everyone super impressed when AI does something they can't personally do. It's why non writers and non artists love it. You don't know what you're looking at so you think it is good.
January 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Everyone super impressed when AI does something they can't personally do. It's why non writers and non artists love it. You don't know what you're looking at so you think it is good.
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This seems like a good time to point out that Carney argued already at Jackson Hole in 2019 that long term, there had to be an alternative to the dollar www.ft.com/content/f661...
January 21, 2026 at 12:02 AM
This seems like a good time to point out that Carney argued already at Jackson Hole in 2019 that long term, there had to be an alternative to the dollar www.ft.com/content/f661...
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get in, we're making Bancor real
This seems like a good time to point out that Carney argued already at Jackson Hole in 2019 that long term, there had to be an alternative to the dollar www.ft.com/content/f661...
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 AM
get in, we're making Bancor real
This seems like a good time to point out that Carney argued already at Jackson Hole in 2019 that long term, there had to be an alternative to the dollar www.ft.com/content/f661...
January 21, 2026 at 12:02 AM
This seems like a good time to point out that Carney argued already at Jackson Hole in 2019 that long term, there had to be an alternative to the dollar www.ft.com/content/f661...