{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Brendan Greeley on the 500 Year History of the Dollar","description":" Brendan Greeley is a veteran journalist from the Financial Times and current PhD student at Princeton studying monetary history. In Brendan\u2019s first appearance on the show, he discusses why he went for a PhD after being a journalist for 20 years, why the dollar\u2019s history goes far beyond America\u2019s founding, when America actually achieved a currency union, the untold origins of the dollar, how Herbert and Lou Hoover\u2019s date nights played a role in the history of the dollar, the crucial importance of Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz in understanding the dollar\u2019s history, the happy accident of Eurodollars, what the future of dollars looks like, and much more.  Watch the full length video on our new YouTube Channel! Check out the&amp;nbsp;transcript for this week\u2019s episode, now with&amp;nbsp;links. Recorded on May 4th, 2026 Subscribe to David's Substack:&amp;nbsp;Macroeconomic Policy Nexus Follow David on X: @DavidBeckworth Follow Brendan X: @BHGreeley Follow the show on X: @Macro_Musings Check out our Macro Musings&amp;nbsp;merch! Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:12 - Brendan\u2019s Career 00:06:27 - How Old Is the Dollar? 00:25:24 - Where Did the Dollar Start? 00:38:11 - The Modern Dollar 00:57:08 - Future of the Dollar 01:01:59 - Outro ","author_name":"Macro Musings with David Beckworth","author_url":"http:\/\/macromarketmusings.blogspot.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41446985\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/202369925"}