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The great Branko Milanovic now gives the keynote at our DGB - Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund IMK WSI Düsseldorf distribution conference in Berlin. And while I have seen him talk about the famous "elephant chart" several times, her has brought tons of charts and information I was not aware about before.

Interesting work suggesting religiosity predisposes to war, or at least did so in pre-Enlightenment Europe. A study that does not require me to update my priors (aka gut feelings).

Not really active here (do pls join us on Bluesky), but making an exception for this inspiring interview László Andor with Yossi Beilin #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #PeaceTalksNow - Detailed plans for a 2-state confederation are in the drawer. - Europe needs to step up.

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It is not as though there were no warnings. In 2009 more than 200 economists signed a petition calling on the German parliament not to introduce the debt brake. And the rest is history… #EconSky

I see it's 4 years since I predicted Elon Musk wd come a cropper in Europe w/ his anti-union attitudes. Now come to pass, albeit in Sweden/Denmark, not Germany. (Source: FT) Of course EM is now owner of this site. If you have a different view of unions u might consider a change.

Left: Germany's best selling weekly Spiegel reporting on farmers blocking motorway exits across Germany for a dispute on subsidies. Right: Spiegel reporting on young people blocking city streets for more climate action (it says: "The new enemies of the State")

I am very happy to debate with Daniel Gros on public vs private investment (guess which one I will defend 😂) at the #EU sustainable #investment summit, tomorrow in Bruxelles (and online). Register here: ec.europa.eu/economy_financ… #InvestGreenEU #InvestEU #EPIO #publicinvestment

📢 Call for Papers The #28thFMM Conference „Progressive Perspectives in Times of Polycrisis “ is scheduled from October 24th to 26th in Berlin. The deadline for paper proposals is May 31st. For further information, see here: boeckler.de/de/aktuelle-ve…

A crucial lesson of this inflation is: shocks to essentials matter. We are living in an age of overlapping emergencies. There will be more shocks & we need economic policy disaster preparedness. But which sectors matter? New open access article 👇🏽🧶 academic.oup.com/icc/advance-ar…

📢Erinnerung📅 Vom 24. bis 26. Oktober findet diesjährige FMM-Konferenz statt. Thema: „Progressive Perspectives in Times of Polycrisis“. Deadline für Einreichungen ist der 31. Mai. Mehr Infos 👇

📅Save the date📺 Morgen stellen Sebastian Dullien (IMK) und Michael Hüther (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft) eine Schätzung der öffentlichen Investitionsbedarfe (u.a. für den Klimaschutz🌳) vor. Eine Arbeit mit Katja Rietzler. Phoenix überträgt wohl live ab ca. 11 Uhr (phoenix.de/sendungen/erei…)

Vor fast 5 Jahren hatten das @imkflash und das Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft in einer viel beachteten Studie die öffentlichen Investitionsbedarfe in Deutschland auf 460 Mrd. € über 10 Jahre geschätzt. Heute ist ein Update erschienen. Die Bedarfe sind nun knapp 600 Mrd. € 1/ imk-boeckler.de/de/faust-detai…

Reminder: 2 weeks left ⌛️ 📢Call for Papers The #28thFMM Conference „Progressive Perspectives in Times of Polycrisis “ is scheduled from 24 to 26 October in Berlin. The deadline for paper proposals is 31 May. Please find the Call for Papers here: boeckler.de/de/aktuelle-ve…

Tomorrow is the big day! The polls will open in the Netherlands starting four days of voting in the European elections. Do you know which day you will vote? Check here: elections.europa.eu/en/

Very happy to see my and László Andor assessment of 20 years of EU enlargement appear in Wirtschaftsdienst. Access is free, also to other interesting pieces on the same subject. (Auf deutsch).

Zwei Billionen $ für die Transformation - so will die Biden-Regierung die 🇺🇸 zukunftssicher machen. Was die Investitionsoffensive bewirkt und was das für 🇪🇺 bedeutet, zeigt die neue IMK-Studie von Tom_Bauermann, Sabine Stephan und Andrew Watt ⬇️ boeckler.de/de/pressemitte…