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Benjamin Braun

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate.

Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.

We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Screenshot of the title page of linked article:
"Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks"
By Benjamin Braun and Maximilian Düsterhöft

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 1h

"cut the time senior bankers must wait before receiving their full bonuses from eight years to four years"

Idk, aren't we currently learning that four years is nothing when it comes to the duration of asset price bubbles?

Bank of England loosens bonus rules

Fewer restrictions on financial sector pay following changes by central bank

www.ft.com

Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 1h

Nature is healing

FT headline: Bank of England loosens bonus rules

Fewer restrictions on financial sector pay following changes by central bank

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 3h

here from last year

www.ft.com/content/5209...

The Bank of England is misusing its fiscal powers

Unwinding QE must not be allowed to tie the hands of Government

www.ft.com

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 3h

the British macro elite is finally saying what I and others have been pointing out for nearly 5 years:

we need a new institutional framework that reduces the fiscal powers of central banks, in particular the Bank of England

www.ft.com/content/3640...

We need a new monetary-fiscal settlement

A fresh regime is required for a world of high debt and large central bank balance sheets

www.ft.com

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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 10h

wir sollten wirklich im Blick behalten, dass das von konservativen & ‚liberalen‘ Angriffen auf postkoloniale Theorie, Gender Studies, rassismuskritische Forschung sowie Wissenschaftsfreiheit & Hochschulautonomie vorbereitet und flankiert wird - auch aus den Medien und Unis heraus

taz @taz.de · 20h

Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.

AfD hetzt gegen Hochschulen: Angriff auf die Freiheit der Wissenschaft

Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.

taz.de

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 19h

"und deswegen ist der Bundesinnenminister ja auch dabei jetzt in sehr großem Umfang auch Rückführungen zu ermöglichen"

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 19h

"wir haben natürlich im Stadtbild immer noch dieses Problem"

Ein Satz so monströs, dass er aus einer Gedankenwelt stammen muss, die im Wesentlichen ununterscheidbar ist von einer rechtsextremen Gedankenwelt.

Dass ein Kanzler einen solchen Satz mit dieser Beiläufigkeit sagt, ist eine Katastrophe.

O'Fünfuhrteefix @fuenfuhrteefix.bsky.social · 21h

Im Original ab Minute 13:20 hier bei Phoenix: www.youtube.com/live/qE4Ws_j...

Potsdam: Merz zu Antrittsbesuch bei Ministerpräsident Woidke | 14.10.25

YouTube video by phoenix

www.youtube.com

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O'Fünfuhrteefix @fuenfuhrteefix.bsky.social · 21h

Im Original ab Minute 13:20 hier bei Phoenix: www.youtube.com/live/qE4Ws_j...

Potsdam: Merz zu Antrittsbesuch bei Ministerpräsident Woidke | 14.10.25

YouTube video by phoenix

www.youtube.com

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António Valentim @antvalentim.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 New paper out!

Very happy to see our (Tom Arend, @fabioellger.bsky.social and mine) paper out at the @bjpols.bsky.social.

We explore how voters react to new, disruptive political actors.

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Hanna Doose @hadoose.bsky.social · 1d

🚨New Article Out! “The Scottish Road to Net Zero: Corporate Welfare and Assetization Cascades”

The article focuses on the evolution of the land-based natural capital market in Scotland in light of the country's net zero efforts.

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 1d

This is excellent, on three types of uncertainty central banks are facing (and that won't go away anytime soon).

Monica DiLeo @monicadileo.bsky.social · 1d

New report out now with @granthamlse.bsky.social CETEx: "A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition"

cetex.org/publications...

A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition - CETEx

This report recommends three principles for coping with the political uncertainty faced by central bankers.

cetex.org

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Monica DiLeo @monicadileo.bsky.social · 1d

I distinguish three types of political uncertainty to provide an initial framework to think about the ways this manifests in central bankers' work: domestic, transnational, and dynamic

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Monica DiLeo @monicadileo.bsky.social · 1d

New report out now with @granthamlse.bsky.social CETEx: "A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition"

cetex.org/publications...

A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition - CETEx

This report recommends three principles for coping with the political uncertainty faced by central bankers.

cetex.org

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Reposted by Benjamin Braun, Brett Christophers, William A. Allen

Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 1d

“For right-wing populists, the cost of living crisis is the gift that keeps on giving, allowing them to blame the experience of declining living standards on migrants and perceived ‘outsiders’.”

Our Director @mathewlawrence.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 🔗👇

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

www.theguardian.com

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Cédric Durand @cedricdurand.bsky.social · 1d

L’approche néo-schumpeterienne de Philippe Aghion a largement inspiré les politiques économiques en Europe depuis le tournant des années 2000. Et singulièrement celle d’Emmanuel Macron 1/

Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 2d

🏆 Le prix Nobel d'économie a été décerné à l'Américano-Israélien Joel Mokyr, au Français Philippe Aghion et au Canadien Peter Howitt pour leurs travaux sur l'impact des nouvelles technologies sur la croissance économique.

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · 1d

This is truly an amazing opportunity.

Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Jun 27

Some news: In 2026-27, I'll be visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, leading the theme seminar on

‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘

There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.

Screenshot of this document: https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/SSS%20Call%20for%20Applications%202026-27%20.pdf

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s stop this arms race maybe before it kills us?

Ingo Rohlfing @ingorohlfing.bsky.social · 2d

Does a new generation of social scientists have to publish more to achieve less? (from 2019)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... Intuition says "yes", and so says data for sociology.

Figure from blog post: Shows how much 342 new assistant professors had published at the time they began their first jobs. For Assistant Professors and newly promoted Associate Professors, there is an upward trend from early 1990s to late 2010s. The trend is stronger for Associate Professors.

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Ingo Rohlfing @ingorohlfing.bsky.social · 2d

Does a new generation of social scientists have to publish more to achieve less? (from 2019)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... Intuition says "yes", and so says data for sociology.

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 2d

But Jo, the datacenters, they're really very big.

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 2d

Great visual story on mega batteries that will go straight onto the PE of the green transition syllabus.

Note the 1GWh cutoff here but nonetheless: a nasty picture for Europe. Chile on the other hand, impressive.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

Map of the world: Gigawatt-scale projects, with total capacity of at least 1GWh.

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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 2d

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 2d

Going through some history of climate politics notes from last week, I realize we dont appreciate enough the climate mobilization of mid2010s and subsequent electoral green wave of late 2010s.

That moment was never really meant to be in the cards and we need to better study how we got there

🪡 1/n

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 4d

“I’ve never been more confident in the research road map in front of us”, he said, “and also the economic value that’ll come from using those models.”

How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals

The company behind ChatGPT has signed agreements with many of the largest tech groups, adding to a growing web of financial dependencies across the AI world

on.ft.com

Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 4d

I knew it reminded me of something

Visualization of OpenAI’s links to other tech companies

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 4d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: SECOND of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How asset boom and bust drove MAGA’s rise and also revealed powerful monetary tools that could make socialism—that and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/from...

From Fiscal Austerity to Monetary Abundance w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Balanced budget conservatism and supply side populism engineered a politics of austerity and budget deficit...

www.thedigradio.com

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 5d

Atemberaubend. Wörtliches Zitat, wissenschaftspolitischer Sprecher CDU/CSU Fraktion.

Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft @nnwiss.bsky.social · 5d

Wer sich für eine wissenschaftliche Laufbahn entscheidet, geht ins Risiko. Wer einen sicheren Job will, sollte nicht in die Wissenschaft gehen - so wenig wie in die Kunst oder die Politik.” Interessante Aussage eines Berufspolitikers, dessen Job keiner Höchstbefristung unterliegt.

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Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft @nnwiss.bsky.social · 5d

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 5d

Volume of the UK’s recently launched Global Talent Fund fund to attract academics from the US: $72 million.

Volume of gift needed for the University of Zurich to poach two (2) economics professors from MIT: $32 million.

Go figure.

www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...

Nobel Laureates Duflo and Banerjee to Join UZH

www.news.uzh.ch

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 5d

Unbelievable…