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Brendan Greeley

@bhgreeley.bsky.social

PhD candidate in the history of finance at Princeton and a contributing editor at the Financial Times. The Almighty Dollar from Crown Currency available May 19! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502/the-almighty-dollar-by-brendan-greeley/

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Brendan Greeley@bhgreeley.bsky.social · 2d ago

All new communications technologies are sold as good for health, education, inequality and democracy. All new communications technologies then turn out to be perfectly optimized for demagogy and porn.

Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · last wk.

I am thrilled to announce that the American Studies Program at Boston University will be accepting new PhD Students for the 27/28 academic year. These are fully funded, unionized, 5-year positions, with 4 semesters of guaranteed dissertation fellowship in years 4 & 5.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2026 The American Studies Program at Boston University is a nationally recognized leader in the interdisciplinary field of American Studies. Our students and faculty study the disparate yet interconnected cultures of colonial North America and the United States as seen in the ideas and actions of its people, and as expressed in a range of forms, especially culture, the arts, media, literature, and institutions - often seen through a global or transnational lens. Formerly known as the American & New England Studies Program, we maintain active collaborations with many cultural institutions in the region, especially in the Boston Area. Our large PhD program has produced tenure-track protessors, public historians, museum curators, and directors at major universities, museums, and other cultural and historical institutions. Funding Opportunities PhD students receive full funding for up to five years (12 months a year) under a collective bargaining agreement. During this time, they take courses, teach in their fields and disciplines of interest, and develop and write dissertations. The fellowship package guarantees four semesters of dissertation fellowship in years 4 and 5, with no service obligations Additional funding is available from Boston University for travel to conferences, for archival research, and for internships. Current students have recently received outside fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the American Antiquarian Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Huntington Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the Beinecke Library, the Corning Museum of Glass, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and the American Historical Association. Graduate Student Association The Program's own independent Graduate Student Association (GSA) is comprised of elected PhD students who sponsor events and programs for developing professional skills, while representing our students' interests to the governing faculty. A list of affiliate faculty, available also on the program’s webpage
Karl Schamotta@karl-schamotta.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's hardly a new observation, but with foreign private sector capital flows into the US absolutely bodying the official sector, the "reserve currency" conception of the dollar is increasingly inappropriate. It's a "portfolio" or "funding" currency now, and has been for a while:

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Brendan Greeley@bhgreeley.bsky.social · 3w ago

On September 11th my German family called and called but couldn't get through, then reasoned to each other that there was no way I'd shown up to work in downtown Manhattan on time, so I was probably fine.

Brendan Greeley@bhgreeley.bsky.social · 3w ago

At 4:30 EST today I'll be giving a talk at Princeton's Julis-Rabinowitz Center about how America claimed sovereignty over its almighty dollar, and how that sovereignty is constantly under threat. Streamable! Moderated by @colbylsmith.bsky.social! history.princeton.edu/news-events/...

The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money

Open to the Public and the Princeton University Community; Livestream available on Media CentralIn this ambitious and groundbreaking history of the dollar, financial journalist and economic scholar Br...

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Brendan Greeley@bhgreeley.bsky.social · 3w ago

Having that great and maddening experience where I dig into a bunch of old documents, absolutely convinced of what I will find, and instead find something completely different and have to understand and then write it all up from scratch. I was very wrong! But I was very wrong in a cool way!