drumm, colin
@drumm-colin.bsky.social
monetary history (etc)
trialofthepyx.substack.com
Organizer at the Mimbres School: https://mimbres.study.garden
discord: ColinDrumm
trialofthepyx.substack.com
Organizer at the Mimbres School: https://mimbres.study.garden
discord: ColinDrumm
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@drumm-colin.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Hi all. I'm an organizer at Mimbres School for the Humanities. I work on monetary history, finance, and economic thought. My forthcoming book, The Difference That Money Makes, is an intervention into current debates on money with a focus on coinage systems. I blog at trialofthepyx.substack.com
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Caesar to Nero
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Caesar to Nero
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
Mimbres School will be in attendance at the ACLA in Montreal next year Feb 26 - Mar 1. We'll probably rent a big house and hold some functions. See you there.
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Mimbres School will be in attendance at the ACLA in Montreal next year Feb 26 - Mar 1. We'll probably rent a big house and hold some functions. See you there.
I'm having trouble tracking down well-sourced quotations in which Abraham Lincoln comments directly on monetary politics and the greenbacks. There are a lot of fake quotations circulating. He's pretty laconic in Spaulding. Appreciate any good sources for Lincoln on greenbacks
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm having trouble tracking down well-sourced quotations in which Abraham Lincoln comments directly on monetary politics and the greenbacks. There are a lot of fake quotations circulating. He's pretty laconic in Spaulding. Appreciate any good sources for Lincoln on greenbacks
Caesar to Nero
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
w/ Colin Drumm
Mimbres School Fall 2026
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Caesar to Nero
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
w/ Colin Drumm
Mimbres School Fall 2026
Land Back?
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Land Back?
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
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Ghost in the Machine
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Mimbres School Spring 2025
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Mimbres School Spring 2025
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ghost in the Machine
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Mimbres School Spring 2025
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Mimbres School Spring 2025
Trauma and Hypnosis
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Trauma and Hypnosis
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Mimbres School Fall 2026
w/ Xafsa Ciise
Mimbres School Fall 2026
Ghost in the Machine
w/ Jules Delisle
Mimbres School Spring 2025
w/ Jules Delisle
Mimbres School Spring 2025
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ghost in the Machine
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Mimbres School Spring 2025
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Mimbres School Spring 2025
If you are a current graduate student working in an area of interest of the Mimbres School faculty, you may be interested in our new Directed Reading offering. This will be most helpful to students in the early stages of their research projects.
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you are a current graduate student working in an area of interest of the Mimbres School faculty, you may be interested in our new Directed Reading offering. This will be most helpful to students in the early stages of their research projects.
is there anybody in this general area who would like to have some beers and discuss matters of intellectual concern please hmu i'll come to you
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
is there anybody in this general area who would like to have some beers and discuss matters of intellectual concern please hmu i'll come to you
truth nuke, marx TKO'd
To put it another way, *capital* is perfectly capable of organizing decarbonization. The problem is *capital-owners*, who are political actors and not just the embodiments of the accumulation process. Elon Musk is symptomatic here.
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
truth nuke, marx TKO'd
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He doesn't post here often and he would dislike a lot of people and be disliked in turn, but @drumm-colin.bsky.social and his colleagues at mimbres do a lot interesting work here. Unlike Zohran Mamdani, he would absolutely impose woke sharia. .
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
He doesn't post here often and he would dislike a lot of people and be disliked in turn, but @drumm-colin.bsky.social and his colleagues at mimbres do a lot interesting work here. Unlike Zohran Mamdani, he would absolutely impose woke sharia. .
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My essay "Money is a thing: coins and bills in late medieval Europe" is now out in the Research Handbook on Law and Political Economy. This is a relatively concise statement of the numismatic (i.e. anti-chartalist) view of medieval European money. I hope it's of interest and use.
September 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My essay "Money is a thing: coins and bills in late medieval Europe" is now out in the Research Handbook on Law and Political Economy. This is a relatively concise statement of the numismatic (i.e. anti-chartalist) view of medieval European money. I hope it's of interest and use.
My essay "Money is a thing: coins and bills in late medieval Europe" is now out in the Research Handbook on Law and Political Economy. This is a relatively concise statement of the numismatic (i.e. anti-chartalist) view of medieval European money. I hope it's of interest and use.
September 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My essay "Money is a thing: coins and bills in late medieval Europe" is now out in the Research Handbook on Law and Political Economy. This is a relatively concise statement of the numismatic (i.e. anti-chartalist) view of medieval European money. I hope it's of interest and use.
For those interested in building new institutions for higher education, I'd be happy to share what I've learned over the last five years building Mimbres School. It is possible and there is a market for this product (but you'll need to become comfortable thinking about "markets" and "products"!)
Everywhere we look we see signs of the institutions of higher ed collapsing, not only financially, but also in terms of living up to their own values. I'd love to be a part of brainstorming alternatives beyond these institutions. Where is that work happening and are they accepting new members?
August 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
For those interested in building new institutions for higher education, I'd be happy to share what I've learned over the last five years building Mimbres School. It is possible and there is a market for this product (but you'll need to become comfortable thinking about "markets" and "products"!)
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I have taught two courses with the Mimbres School, "On Horses" back in 2023 and currently wrapping up "Domestication Syndrome." I usually do a reading group once a semester; next semester, I'm leading one about Castration. We research many different subject areas which intersect and overlap.
August 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I have taught two courses with the Mimbres School, "On Horses" back in 2023 and currently wrapping up "Domestication Syndrome." I usually do a reading group once a semester; next semester, I'm leading one about Castration. We research many different subject areas which intersect and overlap.
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Everywhere we look we see signs of the institutions of higher ed collapsing, not only financially, but also in terms of living up to their own values. I'd love to be a part of brainstorming alternatives beyond these institutions. Where is that work happening and are they accepting new members?
August 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Everywhere we look we see signs of the institutions of higher ed collapsing, not only financially, but also in terms of living up to their own values. I'd love to be a part of brainstorming alternatives beyond these institutions. Where is that work happening and are they accepting new members?
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Upcoming Fall 2025 courses for the Mimbres School!
"Childhood" w Jules Delisle @jadevidadelisle.bsky.social
"Prehistory of Islam" w Martin Devecka
"Political Arithmetic" w Colin Drumm @drumm-colin.bsky.social
Sign-ups here: mimbres.org/courses
"Childhood" w Jules Delisle @jadevidadelisle.bsky.social
"Prehistory of Islam" w Martin Devecka
"Political Arithmetic" w Colin Drumm @drumm-colin.bsky.social
Sign-ups here: mimbres.org/courses
August 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Upcoming Fall 2025 courses for the Mimbres School!
"Childhood" w Jules Delisle @jadevidadelisle.bsky.social
"Prehistory of Islam" w Martin Devecka
"Political Arithmetic" w Colin Drumm @drumm-colin.bsky.social
Sign-ups here: mimbres.org/courses
"Childhood" w Jules Delisle @jadevidadelisle.bsky.social
"Prehistory of Islam" w Martin Devecka
"Political Arithmetic" w Colin Drumm @drumm-colin.bsky.social
Sign-ups here: mimbres.org/courses
Syllabus for my course "Political Arithmetic" this Fall at the Mimbres School. First session meets on September 20. Tuition is $250.
drive.google.com/file/d/1N8tf...
drive.google.com/file/d/1N8tf...
July 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Syllabus for my course "Political Arithmetic" this Fall at the Mimbres School. First session meets on September 20. Tuition is $250.
drive.google.com/file/d/1N8tf...
drive.google.com/file/d/1N8tf...
does anybody know of a place where keynes elaborates on this special case
May 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
does anybody know of a place where keynes elaborates on this special case
can anybody recommend a good secondary source on Keynes' differing views and/or definitions about the relationship between "saving" and "investment" between the Treatise on Money and the General Theory?
May 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
can anybody recommend a good secondary source on Keynes' differing views and/or definitions about the relationship between "saving" and "investment" between the Treatise on Money and the General Theory?
economics is when you don't know the value of silver so you compare it to labor, you don't know the value of labor so you compare it to corn, and you don't know the value of corn so you compare it to silver.
May 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
economics is when you don't know the value of silver so you compare it to labor, you don't know the value of labor so you compare it to corn, and you don't know the value of corn so you compare it to silver.
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There's still time to sign up for my upcoming course, Domestication Syndrome. Check out the syllabus below. First session is June 1st. Sign up here:
mimbres.org/courses/dome...
mimbres.org/courses/dome...
May 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There's still time to sign up for my upcoming course, Domestication Syndrome. Check out the syllabus below. First session is June 1st. Sign up here:
mimbres.org/courses/dome...
mimbres.org/courses/dome...
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Course information here:
youtu.be/GHIoNIDxeUQ
youtu.be/GHIoNIDxeUQ
Domestication Syndrome: Course Information and Description
YouTube video by Zoognosis with Joy!
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April 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Course information here:
youtu.be/GHIoNIDxeUQ
youtu.be/GHIoNIDxeUQ