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.
Co-signed: I am an AI hater. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Co-signed: I am an AI hater. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
Congratulations. You've invented the Reagan tent.
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Congratulations. You've invented the Reagan tent.
My whole life in a footnote right here
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My whole life in a footnote right here
My whole book in a footnote right here
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My whole book in a footnote right here
So my life is basically this, and then one day I'll die
November 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
So my life is basically this, and then one day I'll die
This, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, doesn't seem like it's necessarily always true? Like not true in the United States, for the last 40 years?
October 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, doesn't seem like it's necessarily always true? Like not true in the United States, for the last 40 years?
For this they stole all human knowledge www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
October 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
For this they stole all human knowledge www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Lagarde going for the throat here: swap lines.
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Lagarde going for the throat here: swap lines.
Metallist, Chartalist, Schumpeter
October 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Metallist, Chartalist, Schumpeter
Fascinating response to Hegseth from a sub officer who went in to work as an aide and speechwriter for Leon Panetta and James Mattis at the Pentagon letter.substack.com/p/a1610683-b...
October 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Fascinating response to Hegseth from a sub officer who went in to work as an aide and speechwriter for Leon Panetta and James Mattis at the Pentagon letter.substack.com/p/a1610683-b...
Just picked up my lunch, and now this will never not be funny.
September 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Just picked up my lunch, and now this will never not be funny.
Look at that file name. That is a good-looking file name right there.
September 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Look at that file name. That is a good-looking file name right there.
September 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Can anyone explain why there is what appears to be either a sourdough starter or a jar of homemade glue in my department mailbox?
September 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Can anyone explain why there is what appears to be either a sourdough starter or a jar of homemade glue in my department mailbox?
Technical difficulties do happen, but this is a bad look at 8:23 am on the first Friday of the month
September 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Technical difficulties do happen, but this is a bad look at 8:23 am on the first Friday of the month
The thing is, Alice Lastname, most of the propaganda seems to be coming from somewhere other than the banks right now
August 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The thing is, Alice Lastname, most of the propaganda seems to be coming from somewhere other than the banks right now
I did not know there was culture war within the buy side until just now www.ft.com/content/045d...
August 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I did not know there was culture war within the buy side until just now www.ft.com/content/045d...
Me: I don't feel like I'm grounded in the theories of the history of money, so I should get a PhD to make sure I know what I'm doing. [Studies for three years. Passes PhD general exams in the history of finance. Begins dissertation research.]
The Internet:
The Internet:
August 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Me: I don't feel like I'm grounded in the theories of the history of money, so I should get a PhD to make sure I know what I'm doing. [Studies for three years. Passes PhD general exams in the history of finance. Begins dissertation research.]
The Internet:
The Internet:
July 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
*Me and my book project
**When I got my advance
***Six years ago
**When I got my advance
***Six years ago
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
*Me and my book project
**When I got my advance
***Six years ago
**When I got my advance
***Six years ago
These are the kinds of last-round conversations I am now having with my editor
July 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
These are the kinds of last-round conversations I am now having with my editor
Really, 2021 me? A footnote that reads just "Weisser"? Which Weisser, 2021 me? WHICH WEISSER
July 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Really, 2021 me? A footnote that reads just "Weisser"? Which Weisser, 2021 me? WHICH WEISSER
I don’t listen to many people but I do listen to librarians, and one just shamed me into reorganizing the books on my desk so they don’t fall over. It’s hard to explain but this is a thing that just happened in public on the internet
July 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I don’t listen to many people but I do listen to librarians, and one just shamed me into reorganizing the books on my desk so they don’t fall over. It’s hard to explain but this is a thing that just happened in public on the internet
I mean I do use it
July 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I mean I do use it
