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Great thread, as always. But like many discussions, it does not distinguish between (1) executive and legislative power and (2) AfD party and its voters. What's the core problem for the CDU/CSU? It is the median party in parliament, but cannot capitalize on this position due to the Brandmauer+
Some thoughts on the strategic rationale behind the "Brandmauer” – the cordon sanitaire vis-à-vis the AfD – and the challenges associated with maintaining it. Seems pertinent, given that senior CDU/CSU figures regularly float the idea of ditching it and exploring avenues for closer cooperation.
April 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Great thread, as always. But like many discussions, it does not distinguish between (1) executive and legislative power and (2) AfD party and its voters. What's the core problem for the CDU/CSU? It is the median party in parliament, but cannot capitalize on this position due to the Brandmauer+
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Today, the first results of our 3-year Basic Income Study in Germany were released publicly.
Here some initial press coverage by ARD (In German):
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
More details (and several papers) to come in the coming months - stay tuned!
Here some initial press coverage by ARD (In German):
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
More details (and several papers) to come in the coming months - stay tuned!
Studie: Menschen arbeiten trotz Grundeinkommens nicht weniger
1.200 Euro monatlich - ohne Bedingungen. Das erhielten Teilnehmer einer deutschlandweiten Studie. Sie zeigt: Das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen führt nicht zu weniger Arbeit, sondern zu mehr…
www.tagesschau.de
April 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Today, the first results of our 3-year Basic Income Study in Germany were released publicly.
Here some initial press coverage by ARD (In German):
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
More details (and several papers) to come in the coming months - stay tuned!
Here some initial press coverage by ARD (In German):
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
More details (and several papers) to come in the coming months - stay tuned!
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Continuing to read on psychoanalysis of fascism.
Why was/is fascism so attractive to many?
Paraphrasing Freud: It is very liberating! For 2 reasons:
1) Casting off restrictions of ego on the id.
2) Delegate responsibility for decision-making to father figure.
1/n
Why was/is fascism so attractive to many?
Paraphrasing Freud: It is very liberating! For 2 reasons:
1) Casting off restrictions of ego on the id.
2) Delegate responsibility for decision-making to father figure.
1/n
March 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Continuing to read on psychoanalysis of fascism.
Why was/is fascism so attractive to many?
Paraphrasing Freud: It is very liberating! For 2 reasons:
1) Casting off restrictions of ego on the id.
2) Delegate responsibility for decision-making to father figure.
1/n
Why was/is fascism so attractive to many?
Paraphrasing Freud: It is very liberating! For 2 reasons:
1) Casting off restrictions of ego on the id.
2) Delegate responsibility for decision-making to father figure.
1/n
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Union + SPD einigen sich auf Zurückweisungen an den Grenzen, alle freiwilligen Aufnahmeprogramme werden eingestellt, Familiennachzug zu subsidiär Schutzberechtigten eingestellt und Bundespolizei bekommt die Kompetenz eigenständig Personen in Haft zu nehmen.
March 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Union + SPD einigen sich auf Zurückweisungen an den Grenzen, alle freiwilligen Aufnahmeprogramme werden eingestellt, Familiennachzug zu subsidiär Schutzberechtigten eingestellt und Bundespolizei bekommt die Kompetenz eigenständig Personen in Haft zu nehmen.
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This line of thought, in addition to having zero merit on the substance, objectively advances Putin's agenda of turning European people against the European Union.
March 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This line of thought, in addition to having zero merit on the substance, objectively advances Putin's agenda of turning European people against the European Union.
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Fast ein Drittel der Zeit dieses 90-(!)-Minuten-Duells ging es um Asyl, Abschiebungen und Abweisungen.
Null Respekt für alle, die hier die journalistische Verantwortung tragen. Was für eine Bankrotterklärung.
Null Respekt für alle, die hier die journalistische Verantwortung tragen. Was für eine Bankrotterklärung.
February 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Fast ein Drittel der Zeit dieses 90-(!)-Minuten-Duells ging es um Asyl, Abschiebungen und Abweisungen.
Null Respekt für alle, die hier die journalistische Verantwortung tragen. Was für eine Bankrotterklärung.
Null Respekt für alle, die hier die journalistische Verantwortung tragen. Was für eine Bankrotterklärung.
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Scholz flext damit, wie gnadenlos seine Politik Flüchtende abweist, die Moderatorinnen nennen das einen Erfolg, Merz ist das alles noch nicht genug.
February 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Scholz flext damit, wie gnadenlos seine Politik Flüchtende abweist, die Moderatorinnen nennen das einen Erfolg, Merz ist das alles noch nicht genug.
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Y’a ce papier de @maxkasy.bsky.social qui est aussi bon que son titre (mais pas tout à fait sur ce sujet)
(Poke @gallegre.bsky.social c’est ton post de ce matin qui m’y a fait penser).
(Poke @gallegre.bsky.social c’est ton post de ce matin qui m’y a fait penser).
The Political Economy of AI: Towards Democratic Control of the Means of Prediction
This chapter discusses the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) from the vantage point of political economy, based on the following premises: (i...
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January 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Y’a ce papier de @maxkasy.bsky.social qui est aussi bon que son titre (mais pas tout à fait sur ce sujet)
(Poke @gallegre.bsky.social c’est ton post de ce matin qui m’y a fait penser).
(Poke @gallegre.bsky.social c’est ton post de ce matin qui m’y a fait penser).
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To all the analysts jumping on here to warn about tomorrow, Syrians are ten steps ahead of you.
Have some basic human empathy and let those celebrating the release of the unjustly detained, the reuniting of families, the hopes of return, and the end of a brutal regime do so in peace.
Have some basic human empathy and let those celebrating the release of the unjustly detained, the reuniting of families, the hopes of return, and the end of a brutal regime do so in peace.
December 8, 2024 at 3:30 AM
To all the analysts jumping on here to warn about tomorrow, Syrians are ten steps ahead of you.
Have some basic human empathy and let those celebrating the release of the unjustly detained, the reuniting of families, the hopes of return, and the end of a brutal regime do so in peace.
Have some basic human empathy and let those celebrating the release of the unjustly detained, the reuniting of families, the hopes of return, and the end of a brutal regime do so in peace.
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+ one from Brazil. One of my students found that oil/gas workers have the highest levels of education, wind and solar next - and with biofuels workers at the bottom. There are hundreds of thousands of biofuels workers (seasonal agriculture), so the IRENA "RE jobs" #s there are not what people think.
December 8, 2024 at 12:28 AM
+ one from Brazil. One of my students found that oil/gas workers have the highest levels of education, wind and solar next - and with biofuels workers at the bottom. There are hundreds of thousands of biofuels workers (seasonal agriculture), so the IRENA "RE jobs" #s there are not what people think.
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I try not to talk (and think) about the US election, but I'd like to know the history of the arrow map. It is brillant, it works so well and I would never have thought about it. I find traces of it all the way back to 2016, but maybe it's older. Who came up wit this? Any idea?
November 11, 2024 at 2:27 PM
I try not to talk (and think) about the US election, but I'd like to know the history of the arrow map. It is brillant, it works so well and I would never have thought about it. I find traces of it all the way back to 2016, but maybe it's older. Who came up wit this? Any idea?
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Industrial policy is a generational project and the factories funded with these policies aren't even up and running yet. It takes about 8 quarters from breaking ground to production. So I think IRA/CHIPS were not good electoral projects but that doesn't mean they'll be failed policies.
Has anyone seen a quick and dirty analysis of whether the massive investments catalyzed by the IRA and CHIPS Acts in domestic manufacturing affected the election at all?
Just eyeballing the electoral map, the answer would appear to be no.
Just eyeballing the electoral map, the answer would appear to be no.
November 14, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Industrial policy is a generational project and the factories funded with these policies aren't even up and running yet. It takes about 8 quarters from breaking ground to production. So I think IRA/CHIPS were not good electoral projects but that doesn't mean they'll be failed policies.
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Aka why tariffs are a bad idea for prices, consumers, and democracy
Two things shouldn't be forgotten amidst the whole "tariffs frenzy" -- some of which is undoubtedly justified.
1. Trade liberalisation makes consumers better off by, inter alia, lowering prices (greater product variety also matters). The paper below documents this impressively, showing
1. Trade liberalisation makes consumers better off by, inter alia, lowering prices (greater product variety also matters). The paper below documents this impressively, showing
November 14, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Aka why tariffs are a bad idea for prices, consumers, and democracy