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Georg Weizsäcker
@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social
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Microeconomist, Behavioral Economist, Author of "Misunderstandings: False Beliefs in Communication"

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Georg Heinrich von Weizsäcker is a German economist and currently the Professor for Microeconomic Theory and Applications at the Humboldt University of Berlin. His research interests include microeconomics, experimental economics, financial decision making, game theory and decision theory. In 2017, Weizsäcker's contributions to a better understanding of expectations formation and decisions under uncertainty were awarded the Gossen Prize. .. more

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Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 10m
🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨

➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms

hopeful findings👇🏽
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 1h
Freu mich auch!

Fangen wir mit dem Streitgespräch gleich an.

Im Bild links sehen Sie den aktuellen Weltmeister in der Disziplin Korruption im Amt. Bei Einhaltung der in Deutschland geltenden Regelungen bzg. Interessenskonflikte wäre er gescheitert, zum Wohle des Volks.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d
1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.
Quid Pro Presidency
Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 20h
The state of Baden-Württemberg has an additional initiative (page in German but also has contact addresses)

www.bwstiftung.de/de/programm/...
Sonderprogramm für internationale Wissenschaftsfreiheit - Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
Angesichts der zunehmenden Einschränkungen der Wissenschaft möchten wir Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in ein…
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 20h
If you are curious about the previously announced offer that the German federal gov't makes to researchers who consider relocating, see this link and contacts listed there. 👇🏻

www.bmftr.bund.de/EN/Research/...
Global Minds Initiative Germany - BMFTR
Our Global Minds Initiative Germany offers international research talent career prospects in the German science system. We will thereby lastingly strengthen the German and European Research Area.
www.bmftr.bund.de
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EEA @eeanews.bsky.social · 1d
📢 #EJME virtual workshop II
Join @david-schindler.de
🗓️Thurs, Oct 16 @15:30 CEST
ℹ️ Pitching your paper, advice on behaviour, things to say during interviews, fly-outs & Negotiating offers, contracts PLUS exploding offers
Registration: bit.ly/42cS3gX
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d
1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.
Quid Pro Presidency
Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 1d
Was wollen die denn mit Tagesschau?

:)
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 1d
👍 für die Beobachtung und ganz uneingeschränkt: Lächeln und Aufatmen nach all dem Horror.
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 1d
Ganz friedlich und easy. Ich sag immer, know your enemy, und er/sie sitzt Dir bestimmt nicht gegenüber.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 1d
A residential parking permit should cost its €42 admin costs (obviously) plus €365 parking fee (surely €1 per day is low?) plus about €400 rent for public space (again, low) in the central parts.

Roughly €800 is a bit closer to the true, economic costs of downtown car ownership in #Berlin.
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 1d
👏🏻 to free speakers at university
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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d
Judith Norman is a philosophy professor at Trinity University. In this interview, she shares her experience of being cleared of all allegations following two Title VI investigations into six complaints. She discusses how these policies and procedures can be weaponized to silence faculty voices.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d
Judith Norman is a philosophy professor at Trinity University. In this interview, she shares her experience of being cleared of all allegations following two Title VI investigations into six complaints. She discusses how these policies and procedures can be weaponized to silence faculty voices.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 1d
Agree 100% @stanfordaaup.bsky.social!

“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles. We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”

stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'
Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
Inward withdrawal - as a German I empathize - but advise against it
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
All you need to know about today's econ Nobel prize

(And: impressive writing speed by @maiamindel.bsky.social)
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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 2d
New Substack post: the Nobel Prize goes to an economic historian and two economists of growth trying to answer the question, where do new technologies come from?

someunpleasant.substack.com/p/growing-th...
Growing the Field
What is the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics about?
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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 2d
New Substack post: the Nobel Prize goes to an economic historian and two economists of growth trying to answer the question, where do new technologies come from?

someunpleasant.substack.com/p/growing-th...
Growing the Field
What is the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics about?
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
Andreas Jung is vice chair of Germany's CDU. Interviewer: @lukasfuhr.bsky.social
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
"In Germany, we stick to the goal of climate neutrality in 2045."

"Connecting the economy and the ecology is our thing."

Very knowledgable interview by a conservative politician, without bashing of political opponents. 👏🏼
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Philipp Krohn @philippkrohn.bsky.social · 2d
"Das ist weder grün noch ein Wunder, sondern etwas sehr Konservatives."

Klimaschutz im Geiste Klaus Töpfers und Helmut Kohls erklärt Andreas Jung besser als andere. @faznet.bsky.social erläutert er @lukasfuhr.bsky.social, warum es Emissionshandel und CCS braucht.

www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
CDU-Parteivize Jung: „Beim Klimaschutz geht es um konservative Werte“
CDU-Umweltpolitiker Andreas Jung fordert Korrekturen in der Klimapolitik, um die Schöpfung und die Heimat zu bewahren. Für den Emissionshandel schlägt er mehrere Änderungen vor.
www.faz.net
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Philipp Krohn @philippkrohn.bsky.social · 2d
"Das ist weder grün noch ein Wunder, sondern etwas sehr Konservatives."

Klimaschutz im Geiste Klaus Töpfers und Helmut Kohls erklärt Andreas Jung besser als andere. @faznet.bsky.social erläutert er @lukasfuhr.bsky.social, warum es Emissionshandel und CCS braucht.

www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
CDU-Parteivize Jung: „Beim Klimaschutz geht es um konservative Werte“
CDU-Umweltpolitiker Andreas Jung fordert Korrekturen in der Klimapolitik, um die Schöpfung und die Heimat zu bewahren. Für den Emissionshandel schlägt er mehrere Änderungen vor.
www.faz.net
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
„US assistance has contracted at precisely the moment when rising cholera cases require immediate medical response“
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d
Quite simply devastating www.cgdev.org/blog/cholera...
Cholera in Africa: Rising Deaths, Shrinking US Aid
The United States—long the world’s largest provider of lifesaving assistance and the largest humanitarian donor to many countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa—saw a sharp reversal in early 2025. ...
www.cgdev.org
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d
Quite simply devastating www.cgdev.org/blog/cholera...
Cholera in Africa: Rising Deaths, Shrinking US Aid
The United States—long the world’s largest provider of lifesaving assistance and the largest humanitarian donor to many countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa—saw a sharp reversal in early 2025. ...
www.cgdev.org
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 3d
What I heard a few days ago: a US faculty member said they would not quote Hannah Arendt in class any more, as a precaution.

Don’t be judgmental about him/her - but it‘s just so terrible.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 3d
Science victory
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d
The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the 21 Pacific island countries and areas that are part of the WHO Western Pacific Region have collectively been verified as having eliminated…
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d
The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the 21 Pacific island countries and areas that are part of the WHO Western Pacific Region have collectively been verified as having eliminated…
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 3d
This analysis is exploratory
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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d
"The chancellor approved it"
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 3d
Interesting interview with Hans-Werner Sinn. Much to disagree with (migration) but also much to agree with (a strong Europe) and full of forward-looking proposals. I wish that was a habit of all conservatives.👇🏼

(Sorry, in German and likely paywalled)

www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Hans-Werner Sinn im Interview: „Europa muss politische Union mit eigener Armee werden“
Hans-Werner Sinn verlangt mit Blick auf Trumps Amerika und Putins Krieg einen dramatischen Schritt, den schon Helmut Kohl gehen wollte, aber nicht konnte. Und erklärt, was Friedrich Merz jetzt wirtsch...
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Jörg Oechssler @oechssler.bsky.social · 3d
Deadline coming up tomorrow! Join us in Heidelberg.
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Jörg Oechssler @oechssler.bsky.social · 20d
We have an opening for a professorship in Heidelberg in labor economics, political economy, or more generally in applied micro. Please share!
Full Professorship (W3) in “Labor Markets / New Political Economy” (f/m/d) | INOMICS
The position is to be filled by the Winter Semester 2026/27 at the Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics of Heidelberg University.The successful candidate will have an outstanding and internationally v...
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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d
"The chancellor approved it"
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🫧 Spark Elation 🫧 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 3d
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“a supply chain attack”
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 3d
On softspoken members of the elites 👇🏼
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4d
... they talk about backing away, routing around, looking to states or maybe overseas, cultivating relationships with Republicans, etc. etc.

You know what not a single one has said? "I'm going to fight him. I'm going to destroy him & his movement & salt the fucking earth where they lay." Zero.
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