America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

30 years after arriving in the US, I just resigned from Northwestern and we sold our house. We are an American family, I became a citizen in 2014, and until recently did not expect to ever leave. But now, this no longer feels like the right place to raise a family and pursue a research career.

Freedom of speech is not freedom from facts. "Facts remain facts. No, I can't let this stand like this on German TV. Then you need to kick me out." More economists should go on TV and explain the facts, just like Rudi Bachmann did on German TV. Great job, @bachmannrudi.bsky.social.

This will be remembered as the day when America's honor took a deep dive... And meanwhile #Ukraine will keep fighting for all of us who believe in freedom, justice and democracy #UkrainianView www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

Utter shame... US votes with Russia #UkrainianView

It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.

Tomorrow marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and we will gather at the @ecb to honour the memory of Holocaust victims, particularly those deported from the Großmarkthalle in Frankfurt, which forms part of our main building. 1/3

I did a NYT video interview—along with voices from Hungary, Nicaragua, and Russia— about how repression works in authoritarian states. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

I explain my increased enthusiasm for monetary policy rules in my latest WSJ. Not putting policy on autopilot but instead using them as a rebuttable presumption. Specifically would do three things:

Neue Folge Markus Lanz wieder mit @bachmannrudi.bsky.social 📺📺📺🥃 www.zdf.de/gesellschaft...