So ein gedrucktes Magazin ist schon was! Freue mich, dass ich in Folge 1 von "WeiterDenken" (hrsg. von Hans-Peter Klös et al.) zu Freiheit und Klimaschutz schreiben konnte. Tolle Autoren wie Stefan Kolev, Ralf Fücks und Tim Krieger sind dabei (Buchmessenpräsentation am Freitag mit Heike Göbel).

New working paper (with @timkriegerfr.bsky.social): "How to Address the Deficit-Populism Double Bind? A Contemporary Ordoliberal Perspective" www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Conditioning on the dependent variable is the secret to giving longevity advice. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Great news from my project #APVMaGa! First #AgriPV at Afri-Farms Gambia is rising—frames up, wiring done! ☀️🌱 3 pilot sites will power irrigation & cooling, boost food + energy security, and train women electricians. More: bmbf-client.de/en/news/apv-... #SDGs #econbsky @uni-freiburg.de

Just published the introductory essay to an issue (OA! 😀) of @bppjournal.bsky.social I've been co-editing in honor of Mario Rizzo; with articles by Adam Oliver, Gerd Gigerenzer, Shaun Hargreaves Heap, George Loewenstein, Nick Chater, and Cass Sunstein, among others www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Auf dem Weg nach #Mannheim zur ersten #Metafin-Treffen, dem Metaprojekt zur #BMBF-Förderrichtlinie "Forschung zu finanzieller Bildung". Freue mich auf das Zusammentreffen mit den vielen Akteuren der anderen spannenden Projekte! #fibiflu @uni-freiburg.de

Unser BMBF-Projekt #FiBiFlu (Finanzielle Bildung durch Finfluencer? Fachliches reflektiertes Lernen mit Erklärvideos unterstützen) ist jetzt voll am Start. Heute erstes, sehr gutes Treffen des Projektteams von @unileipzig.bsky.social, PH Freiburg und @uni-freiburg.de in Freiburg. #MetaFin

"America Turns Its Back on the World" @pkrugman.bsky.social on the value of international students to the US. tl;dr: It's enormous! open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Vortragsankündigung!

🚨 New publication alert! Proud to share that my PhD student Lena Schmid & my former postdoc Laura Renner have a fresh article in the J. of Population Econ. that uncovers how gender shapes refugee-flight decisions. Details in the thread!🧵 #Migration #Refugees #GenderEcon #econbsky @uni-freiburg.de

Hey #NEPS #PeaceScience crowd! Thrilled that our paper with Eugen Dimant & Daniel Meierrieks—“Paying Them to Hate US” (Economic Journal 24)—made the NEPS Medal 2025 shortlist! 🥳 👉 If it speaks to you, pop your vote in by email before 20 May (members only). @uni-freiburg.de #econsky #econbsky

Revised WP version: Inequality, Life Expectancy, and the Alienation Effect: Insights from a Real-Effort Experiment on the Intragenerational Redistribution Puzzle (with Christine Meemann + Stefan Traub) @ssrn.bsky.social #econsky #econbsky @uni-freiburg.de papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Die taz gewohnt süffisant... Und sie hat recht.

Heute ist die Abordnung der ZSU an der Parade durch London marschiert - und King Charles salutierte vor der Ukrainischen Fahne. 🫡

Hans Mayer (1907–2001) in «Ein Deutscher auf Widerruf*» Bd. I, S. 75 (1982) über sein Studium in Berlin in den 1920er Jahren und die damals üblichen ‹Karrierewege› in der Wissenschaft. #IchBinHanna ist keine Erfindung der neoliberalisierten Universität. *der Widerruf geschah am 30. Januar 1933.

"The Cambridge Handbook on the Economics of Terrorism" is forthcoming in July! Including my chapter on "Migration and Terrorism" as well as many other great contributions by the who-is-who in economic terrorism research. Looking forward to reading this volume! #econsky #econbsky @uni-freiburg.de

*FRA, UK.....[erneut abgetauchtes EU-Land hier einsetzen]*

@paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy: "I’m going to keep treating “data” as plural unless it refers to a Starfleet commander." 😊😊😊

📢 Unser neues #BMBF -Projekt #FiBiFlu bringt Finfluencer-Erklärvideos ins Klassenzimmer! Wir fördern kritisches, evidenzbasiertes Lernen + stärken die finanzielle Mündigkeit junger Menschen.🚀 Mehr erfahren 👇 #FinanzielleBildung @uni-freiburg.de #econsky #econbsky #EdTech

Another US trade deficit: nobody buys the announcements any more www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Gerade erst entdeckt: Mein Kollege Urs Granacher erklärt der BBC, warum wir alle seilspringen oder zumindest hopsen sollten. Klingt nach einem einfachen Plan, sich fit zu halten! Werde ich ausprobieren. bbc.com/audio/play/m...

Podiumsdiskussion morgen Abend in der Aula @uni-freiburg.de @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social

🚨Stellenausschreibung🚨 Zwei wiss. Mitarbeitende (bis 75% TV-L E13, ab sofort bis 2029) im Rahmen des BMBF-Verbundprojekts "Schriftenreihe 'Vordenker der Liberalen Moderne'". Teilprojekt zu u.a. Popper, Rawls, Sen und Gray. Details siehe Ausschreibungstext. Freue mich auf Bewerbungen!

Pulling every dumb, dangerous lever in reach. bsky.app/profile/jsm2...

"The inability of European states to think for themselves so far has been one of the great problems ... However the fact that Europe still has this chance, still has time and can prepare with the right experience, is down to the sacrifices of Ukrainians."

Trump Is a Virus open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

❗️🇺🇸Trump's approval rating has fallen to 44% after 100 days of his second term in office

Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos by @pkrugman.bsky.social

💥 BREAKING: Goldman Sachs shareholders voted today to reject two anti-DEI proposals, both by 98-2 percent. GS Board urged shareholders to vote to reject proposals. "We believe that diversity, including diversity of thought, experience and perspectives, is important to our commercial success."

This is very important. We are not talking about deportations here, and framing it as such is misinforming your audience.

Personalized retaliation against the central bank chief—for stating economic facts that the ruling regime does not like—is a hallmark of bargain-basement dictatorships. finance.yahoo.com/news/can-tru...

The island of #Mauritius in the Indian Ocean has what appears to be one of the most unexpected natural wonders: An underwater waterfall! It’s especially prominent from the air, also it's not actually a waterfall but an optical illusion... Source: buff.ly/3MBnKYF

"The Next Terrorist Attack" Ebenso beunruhigender wie beeindruckender Essay von Timothy Snyder über die aktuellen Zustände in den USA.

Academics Decry Federal Overreach Yet See Bias in Universities www.promarket.org/2025/04/18/a... via @promarket.bsky.social

Powell: The level of tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated, and the same is likely to be true of the economic effects which will include higher inflation and slower growth.

Das ist alles sehr beunruhigend!

Vorsitzender des Reservisten-Verbands Sensburg fordert, dass sog. gelbe "Panzerschilder" zur Tragfähigkeit von Militär-KFZ wieder angebracht werden, weil Bundeswehr den Zustand vieler Brücken nicht kenne. Seit 2009 wurden diese nach und nach abgebaut, weil sie als Relikt galten. www.n-tv.de/25707858

"The Trump Tariffs Just Got Even Worse" Paul Krugman gibt hier gerade noch mal schnell einen Grundkurs zum Thema Rent-Seeking... Link: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

Krugman: The Third-Worlding of America "Did I see this coming? No, not really. Unlike the sanewashers, I knew that Trump’s policies would be irresponsible and destructive. However, even I didn’t expect him to destroy credibility accumulated over 80 years in less than three months. But he has."

Very informative chart from Washington Post

The Cost of Chaos: This is Getting Scary

📣 Attention PhD-candidates & early postdocs! We host the 2nd Freiburg PhD-Workshop on the Economics of Criminal Behavior: 22-24/09 at csl.mpg.de. 👩‍🏫📊🎓 Discuss ideas, network with leading experts, and present your research. Apply by 22/06 & spread the word! 🗣️👂 tinyurl.com/FRECB25

Trumps Zölle ... eine ganz kurze Einschätzung von mir in der @badische-zeitung.de ...👇 #econsky #econbsky @uni-freiburg.de

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"Americans are stocking up on booze and cigarettes but avoiding buying new toys or taking their kids to Six Flags..."

"Were asked to keep the model the same but add more Greek letters" is ironically a good description of an applied microeconomists.

Average Tariff Rates on US Imports (1830-2025)

Of Tariffs and Totalitarianism

🆕 Anti-American terrorism: When US military aid has unintended consequences Today on VoxDev, Eugen Dimant (University of Pennsylvania), Tim Krieger (University of Freiburg) & Daniel Meierrieks (WZB Berlin Social Science Center) explore the implications of military aid: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

WSJ: "Economic Growth Now Depends on Electricity, Not Oil" yup www.wsj.com/business/ene...