man kann sich vor linksextremer Gewalt recht einfach schützen, indem man zB kein Nazi ist

Man darf wieder viel Sonderbares zu Mindestlöhnen lesen. Wohl mit dem Ziel, bei den Abstimmungen in Zürich & Winti, ein #LohnzumLeben zu verhindern. Deshalb hier als Erinnerung, was Mindestlöhne hauptsächlich tun: Sie erhöhen die Löhne von Beschäftigten mit tiefen Löhnen. 1/8

CDU: » Aber Deutschland verursacht doch nur 2% des weltweiten CO₂ «🤔

With more and more of those incredibly annoying Just Stop Oil #climate protesters being locked up, as you can see, the traffic is now flowing freely

The political costs of austerity: "Fiscal consolidations lead to a significant increase in extreme parties’ vote share, lower voter turnout, and a rise in political fragmentation... increasing distrust in the political environment" Evidence from over 200 elections in Europe

Wir brauchen Geld 💸 Um uns vollständig finanzieren zu können benötigen wir 4000 Abonnent*innen🐑 Unterstütze unsere Arbeit und werde Mitglied ❤️👇daslamm.ch/unterstuetzen/

IMF research: "On average, fiscal consolidations do not reduce [public] debt-to-GDP ratios." Unfortunately, the evidence is not even a minor distraction for economists and politicians who *know* that fiscal consolidation will bring down public debt ratios, esp. during a downturn

Climate change is fundamentally unfair: The super-rich 1% were responsible the same amount of CO2 emissions (16%) as the poorest two thirds of humanity, according to the new Oxfam report. policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/clim…

Recommended reading for all economists and economic policy makers, who are calling for fiscal consolidation. Besides inducing a recession, slashing spending in Germany now is likely to further boost the AfD.

The introduction of ChatGPT significantly impacted the occupational choice of young people. Importantly, interest in jobs previously deemed "safe" from automation decreased. That's what Daniel Goller, Stefan Wolter & I show in our new study, available here: iza.org/pub/pyFb1BXO

“This Time It’s Different” Generative Artificial Intelligence and Occupational Choice | Daniel Goller, Christian Gschwendt, Stefan C. Wolter #EconTwitter cesifo.org/en/publication…

Germany's right-wing party AfD is now comfortably leading the polls in Eastern Germany. ~34%! At the same time, Germany has manoeuvred itself into endless debates over how to do fiscal consolidation to meet the debt brake. How is this going to end well?

My new paper, The effect of front-end vehicle height on pedestrian death risk, was just published at #Economics of #Transportation. I use vehicle design measurements to test for the effect of taller vehicles on pedestrian outcomes in crashes. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Eine der wichtigsten TV-Momente der letzten Jahre. Maja Göpel dekonstruiert alle konservativen Talking-Points in 113 Sekunden. Dieser Clip sollte archiviert werden und jedes Mal wenn die immer gleichen dummen Argumente kommen, den entsprechenden Protagonisten vorgespielt werden.

We had a fantastic couple of days at the 2nd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on Economics of Education!🥳 Thanks everyone for making this such a terrific event!🫂 Congratulations to Carolyn Tsao (Princeton Economics) for winning the best paper award! Travel well! x.com/Woessmann/stat…

How do workers perceive the risk of being replaced by digital technologies such as ChatGPT & Co.? The NZZ has reported on our new study: nzz.ch/wirtschaft/ki-…

Elon Musk has secretly been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022 on.wsj.com/48jWPuO on.wsj.com/48jWPuO