I know dozens of folks whose gateway drug into history was films like Glory or Gettysburg. Watching those movies led to trips to libraries, museums, and national parks. It set a few on the road to becoming professional historians. For most, it kindled a love of history that still abides.

Zum heutigen Jahrestag des Beginns der Schlacht von Gettysburg nochmal dieser schöne Artikel von Berthold Seewald in der Welt zu meinem Buch: www.welt.de/geschichte/a...

Tariff Confusion New working paper with Manova, Novy & Tang #EconSky Study how US trade policy changes in 2025 affected US imports Key finding is chaotic policy making generated confusion, which amplified fall in imports from higher tariffs 1/ cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/downloa...

Hitzekollaps im Hörsaal Wer Studierende und Lehrende vor den immer häufigeren Hitzetagen schützen will, sollte die Semesterzeiten neu denken. Ein Gastbeitrag von Nils Weidmann. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/06...

Be aware that a malicious website is using guttenberg (two “T” not one) to distribute malware. We haven’t been able to neutralize them yet, still working on it.

www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss... Spannend!

📢 We are hiring 📢 Please spread the word: We are hiring a 🧑‍🎓 Postdoc (up to 6 years, non-tenure track) at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education! Come join our team as junior faculty: www.ifo.de/en/job-offer... Application deadline: July 22

Und warum genau spielt jetzt Baumann nicht? #GERECU @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de

The anti aircon position of factions of the European far left is literally unsustainable. yes aircon is energy hungry and potentially fossil fuel forcing. no you won’t solve climate change banning aircon. and no, @financialtimes.com, this is not a cultural war. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

After six consecutive Oxford-educated Prime Ministers, Britain may finally see some real diversity in the top job: a Cambridge-educated Andy Burnham

www.gov.uk/government/n... Is it know who are the leadership nations for the 8 work packages?

Recent study demonstrates the effect closures to major global maritime waterways like the Suez and Panama canals would have on global trade. An interview with HSG Professor Ferdinand Rauch. ➡️ Read more: unisg.link/htc

Der europäische Lenkflugkörper-Konzern MBDA rechnet noch für das laufende Jahr mit einem Auftrag der französischen Rüstungsbeschaffungsbehörde DGA für die Entwicklung und Produktion der neuen Land Cruise Missile (LCM). www.hartpunkt.de/deep-strike-...

U. S. Grant had taken the field in May 1864 seeking the destruction of Lee’s army. However, following the costly and indecisive series of battles culminating in the repulse at Cold Harbor, the General-in-Chief shifted focus to Petersburg, VA, a strategic crossroads where five railroads intersected.

Mein Ko-Autor Ferdinand Rauch mit einem Gastkommentar in der @nzz.ch auf Basis unseres Working Papers zur Bedeutung verschiedener Wasserstraßen: www.nzz.ch/meinung/die-...

Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from Wartime Destruction in London by Stephen J. Redding & Daniel M. Sturm (2024)

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

Switzerland weighs Franco-Italian alternative to US air defences ft.trib.al/hue8hf3

I'd argue that pushing for degrowth will likely have corrosive effects on broad public suppport for stringent climate policy. Given that degrowth is essentially one big device for turning ever more policy domains into zero- or even negative-sum games, the room for Pareto-improving policies shrinks

Very cool paper: In USMA cohorts with more cadets from free states, fewer cadets from slave states joined the Confederacy. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Our paper on the short and long run dynamics of the Great Gatsby Curve is now also available as @iza.org DP: docs.iza.org/dp18679.pdf

www.ft.com/content/a217... I think the actual numbers are not too bad, and also a sideshow to some extent. Europe's security doesn't hinge on 36 F-16s or 11 P-8s. But the reductions come from a US administration where it is extremely doubtful whether any remaining comitment is worth anything.

Tomahawk was never a near-term solution, and the pursuit of it arguably distracted German decision-makers from more readily available, if perhaps less capable, domestic and European alternatives. 3/3

In all honesty, the US would be doing Germany a favor. The Tomahawk Block Vb, the variant under discussion, will not enter service with the U.S. fleet before 2028, more likely 2029. Germany, as an export partner, would likely have to wait longer still. 1/3 www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

The fate of the wounded at Cold Harbor is one of the most harrowing episodes of the war. After the fighting was over on June 3, hundreds of badly wounded men were left stranded in the no-man’s land between the opposing armies, suffering horribly from exposure to a broiling sun and no water.

Paying peer reviewers works. Expanded Fast & Fair experiment @biologyopen.bsky.social: • 5.5 vs 37.7 working days to decision with reviews • ~3 vs ~9 reviewer invitations per manuscript • no reduction in editor-assessed review quality • similar acceptance rates www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Die Nominallöhne in Deutschland waren im 1. Quartal 2026 um 4,1 % höher als im Vorjahresquartal. Die #Verbraucherpreise stiegen im selben Zeitraum um 2,2 %. Die #Reallöhne lagen damit im 1. Quartal 2026 um 1,8 % höher als im Vorjahresquartal. Quelle: www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pr...

Finding strong intergenerational inequality in housing, which is only partially explained by differences in child earnings and is plausibly amplified by housing supply constraints, from Ariel J. Binder, Max Risch, and John L. Voorheis www.nber.org/papers/w35256

This new paper provides economic evidence for Humboldt's ideal of uniting research and teaching. Students exposed to courses closer to the research frontier are more likely to complete their degrees, earn higher grades, attend graduate school, and achieve higher earnings later on.

Female #students taught by same #gender professors in smaller classes are more likely to receive a top exam grade, but no such effect is found in larger classes. @stephanmaurer.bsky.social, Guido Schwerdt & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social suggest why: Close interaction matters. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

The fragility of the global trading system By Stephan Maurer, Luke Heath Milsom and Ferdinand Rauch Read at: https://ow.ly/GIPE50Z4JRM

Der SRF nun mit einer Liste und Diskussionen der möglichen Kandidaten: www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...

¡Muchas gracias por la tarde de ayer! 💙 📸 Os dejamos algunas fotos de la presentación en el Ateneo de Madrid 👇 Esperamos que os resultara enriquecedora y que disfrutéis del libro 🤞 🔗 ksnet.eu/impactnet

In a new paper with Luke Milsom and Ferdinand Rauch, we use gravity-based simulations to quantify the potential consequences of closures of the Panama Canal (pictured), Suez Canal, and the Strait of Malacca for trade.

The civil war reduced slave owners' economic power but increased their political influence By Luna Bellani, Anselm Hager and Stephan Maurer Read at: https://ow.ly/yvI050YZtQu

Me telling people my paper is "almost done":

Yet another delay of US kit sold to allies because of the Iran war. This time it impacts Japanese deterrence against China. www.ft.com/content/406b... US warns Japan of severe delays in Tomahawk deliveries due to Iran war

Gestern war ich traurig, wegen der Niederlage im Finale, heute bin ich sauer: Ginter nicht zur WM und Baumann degradiert. Das Problem der beiden, sie spielen nicht bei den richtigen Vereinen #WM2026

—Chief Joseph's "surrender speech"— "'taken verbatim on the spot' by Wood...published in Harper's Weekly, Nov 17, 1877, & in Howard, 'Supplementary Report.' The earliest pub version...appeared in the Bismarck Tri-Weekly Trib, Oct 26, 1877, w/slight variations (Jerome Greene, Nez Perce Summer, 1877)

Trump's special envoy to Greenland came to Nuuk with the stated goal of "making new friends". It does not seem to be going particularly well. Nobody wants to speak with him, the Greenlandic politicians unanimously call him disrespectful, and on day two he is quarreling with the Danish press.

The scale of the fraud is shocking and dangerous. Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers When references point to non-existent studies, readers, reviewers, and policy makers are unable to evaluate the evidence. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

steuerreform.sky-lab.de Lustiger Rechner, falls ihr mal Finanzminister spielen wollt ;)

New in JUE: The air quality effects of Uber, by Luis Sarmiento, Yeong Jae Kim. #econsky #urbanecon

US-Luftverteidigungssystem 'Patriot' für die Schweiz: Bis zu sieben Jahre später als geplant, dafür teurer - jetzt prüft die Schweiz "Rückmeldungen weiterer potenzieller Anbieter für ein System ..., das bevorzugt in Europa produziert werden soll."

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#SCFRBL 3:1 (59.) Der SC wechselt: Vince kommt für Niki und Luki Kübler kommt für Chicco! Der bekommt zurecht Standing Ovations im ganzes Stadion! ❤️