Georg Weizsäcker
@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social
Microeconomist, Behavioral Economist, Author of "Misunderstandings: False Beliefs in Communication"
"This means [...] more military and financial support to Ukraine." 👍🏼
Economically, too: more support to UA has high return. (As in, return on investment = how much you earn if you invest minus how much if you don't invest.)
Economically, too: more support to UA has high return. (As in, return on investment = how much you earn if you invest minus how much if you don't invest.)
We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"This means [...] more military and financial support to Ukraine." 👍🏼
Economically, too: more support to UA has high return. (As in, return on investment = how much you earn if you invest minus how much if you don't invest.)
Economically, too: more support to UA has high return. (As in, return on investment = how much you earn if you invest minus how much if you don't invest.)
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Chancellor Merz: We continue to support Ukraine: We seek a ceasefire as soon as possible, a just and durable peace for Ukraine and security for Europe. Any plan affecting European interests and sovereignty requires Europe’s consent. Europe stands firm and united.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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"The global peace order is based on the principle that state borders must never be changed by force. Russia wants to overturn that."
(Excerpt from statement by the presidents of the @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social)
(Excerpt from statement by the presidents of the @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social)
Als Präsidentinnen der @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social haben @ljudmylamelnyk.bsky.social und ich im Namen des Vorstands der DUG zu dem Vorstoß der US-Regierung geäußert. Das vollständige Statement kann man auf unserer Homepage nachlesen (und bei der Gelegenheit auch gleich Mitglied werden).
Kein Wegducken mehr: Es geht um Europas Überleben - Deutsch-Ukrainische Gesellschaft
Europa muss nun endlich Führung übernehmen. Tun wir das nicht, verliert Europa seine beste Sicherheitsgarantie: die Ukraine.
deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"The global peace order is based on the principle that state borders must never be changed by force. Russia wants to overturn that."
(Excerpt from statement by the presidents of the @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social)
(Excerpt from statement by the presidents of the @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social)
“Weimer speaks of ‘targeted defamation’ by right-wing networks, but that would presuppose that the accusations are false. Yet at their core, they are not.”
Yes - careful with 👏🏻 to statements of the far right. In Weimer's case, no need to resign. Just acknowledge and stop the conflict of interest.
Yes - careful with 👏🏻 to statements of the far right. In Weimer's case, no need to resign. Just acknowledge and stop the conflict of interest.
„Weimer spricht von einer ‚gezielten Diffamierung’ durch rechte Netzwerke, aber das würde voraussetzen, dass ihre Vorwürfe falsch sind. Das sind sie aber im Kern nicht.“ uebermedien.de/111461/ist-e...
Weimer: Ist es egal, ob es eine rechte Kampagne ist? | Kolumne
Die Vorwürfe gegen Wolfram Weimer treffen im Kern zu. Haben Medien dennoch anders berichtet, weil der Absender ein rechtes Online-Magazin ist?
uebermedien.de
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
“Weimer speaks of ‘targeted defamation’ by right-wing networks, but that would presuppose that the accusations are false. Yet at their core, they are not.”
Yes - careful with 👏🏻 to statements of the far right. In Weimer's case, no need to resign. Just acknowledge and stop the conflict of interest.
Yes - careful with 👏🏻 to statements of the far right. In Weimer's case, no need to resign. Just acknowledge and stop the conflict of interest.
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Does job flexibility foster gender equality? On the contrary. Our new paper reveals that the shift to working from home significantly intensifies gender gaps in both paid hours and care-giving among couples.
Remote Work Solidifies Traditional Roles: New Causal Evidence on Gender Inequality Post-Covid
Alipour: "Does Remote Work Reinforce Gender Gaps in (Un)Paid Labor?" CRC Discussion Paper No. 542
190researchblog.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Does job flexibility foster gender equality? On the contrary. Our new paper reveals that the shift to working from home significantly intensifies gender gaps in both paid hours and care-giving among couples.
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🚨 New working paper!
How well do people predict the results of studies?
@sdellavi.bsky.social and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... 🧵👇
How well do people predict the results of studies?
@sdellavi.bsky.social and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... 🧵👇
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨 New working paper!
How well do people predict the results of studies?
@sdellavi.bsky.social and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... 🧵👇
How well do people predict the results of studies?
@sdellavi.bsky.social and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... 🧵👇
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Merz still stands by his minister ...
What's so hard about realizing what a conflict of interest is, and fixing it?
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
What's so hard about realizing what a conflict of interest is, and fixing it?
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Merz still stands by his minister ...
What's so hard about realizing what a conflict of interest is, and fixing it?
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
What's so hard about realizing what a conflict of interest is, and fixing it?
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Very informative thread on climate
It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position
A lil thread 🧵
A lil thread 🧵
a man is talking about being entirely successful .
Alt: a robot is is talking about not being entirely successful .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Very informative thread on climate
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Most people hear “heat pump” and think of small air-source units at home. But Germany is building one of the world’s largest heat pumps in Mannheim: a 162 MW river-source system using heat from the Rhine.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Most people hear “heat pump” and think of small air-source units at home. But Germany is building one of the world’s largest heat pumps in Mannheim: a 162 MW river-source system using heat from the Rhine.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
The only woman co-founder of the American Economics Association, and author of the first paper published in The American Economic Review (Wikipedia)
11/23/1857 — b. Katharine Coman, American economist, social scientist, historian, professor, activist. Groundbreaking researcher of economics + history; the first chair of the department of economics + sociology at Wellesley College, Mass (1901) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #economics #EconSky #BOTD
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The only woman co-founder of the American Economics Association, and author of the first paper published in The American Economic Review (Wikipedia)
Proof of the impossibility of time travel. Otherwise the bad guys from the future would have sent someone to kill this.
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Proof of the impossibility of time travel. Otherwise the bad guys from the future would have sent someone to kill this.
A very informative and clear article on Germany‘s energy policy 👇🏼
True before the disappointing #COP30 outcome, but even more so now: Germany‘s renewable energy transition should (and can!) accelerate, not slow down. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Germany should accelerate its renewable energy transition - Communications Earth & Environment
Germany’s energy transition relies on variable renewables and electricity use across sectors, and it needs to accelerate. This Comment argues that consistent policy commitments to proven technologies,...
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A very informative and clear article on Germany‘s energy policy 👇🏼
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
Britain turbocharges EV transition: $2B. #econsky
Britain to introduce $2 billion package to help switch to EVs reut.rs/44hCWUk
Britain to introduce $2 billion package to help switch to EVs
Britain's government is expected to introduce a 1.5 billion pound ($2 billion) package to accelerate a switch to electric vehicles, it said, including an extra 1.3 billion pounds for a grant scheme to buy new electric cars.
reut.rs
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Britain turbocharges EV transition: $2B. #econsky
„Even if the plan falls apart, this arrogant and confusing ultimatum […] will do permanent damage to America’s reputation as a reliable ally, not only in Europe but around the world.“
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
„Even if the plan falls apart, this arrogant and confusing ultimatum […] will do permanent damage to America’s reputation as a reliable ally, not only in Europe but around the world.“
Next course offer: Rhyming 101
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Next course offer: Rhyming 101
Many @dfg.de decisions are out this week.
Congratulations to our econ colleagues in @crctr224.bsky.social for the renewal, and likewise to many new or renewed research centers in all fields for this important funding.
Congratulations to our econ colleagues in @crctr224.bsky.social for the renewal, and likewise to many new or renewed research centers in all fields for this important funding.
Die #DFG fördert zur weiteren Stärkung der #Spitzenforschung an den Hochschulen 9 neue #Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB). Die Themen reichen von pilzbasierten Baumaterialien über Autoimmunkrankheiten bis zu molekularer Bor-Chemie. Einzelheiten 👉 www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Many @dfg.de decisions are out this week.
Congratulations to our econ colleagues in @crctr224.bsky.social for the renewal, and likewise to many new or renewed research centers in all fields for this important funding.
Congratulations to our econ colleagues in @crctr224.bsky.social for the renewal, and likewise to many new or renewed research centers in all fields for this important funding.
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‼️ Impressive Behavioral Econ candidates
A great thing about behavioral econ is that it builds bridges across fields. Berlin‘s PhD graduates showcase it:
Julia Baumann
sites.google.com/view/julia-b...
Hedda Nielsen
sites.google.com/view/heddani...
Bruno Veltri
brunoveltri.github.io
A great thing about behavioral econ is that it builds bridges across fields. Berlin‘s PhD graduates showcase it:
Julia Baumann
sites.google.com/view/julia-b...
Hedda Nielsen
sites.google.com/view/heddani...
Bruno Veltri
brunoveltri.github.io
Bruno Veltri
brunoveltri.github.io
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
‼️ Impressive Behavioral Econ candidates
A great thing about behavioral econ is that it builds bridges across fields. Berlin‘s PhD graduates showcase it:
Julia Baumann
sites.google.com/view/julia-b...
Hedda Nielsen
sites.google.com/view/heddani...
Bruno Veltri
brunoveltri.github.io
A great thing about behavioral econ is that it builds bridges across fields. Berlin‘s PhD graduates showcase it:
Julia Baumann
sites.google.com/view/julia-b...
Hedda Nielsen
sites.google.com/view/heddani...
Bruno Veltri
brunoveltri.github.io
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The minister has now transferred his 50% company share to a trustee.
Good but not good. Does it eliminate the appearance of a conflict of interest?
No. If his political actions influence the company‘s earnings, he will have access to the additional earnings immediately after his public service.
Good but not good. Does it eliminate the appearance of a conflict of interest?
No. If his political actions influence the company‘s earnings, he will have access to the additional earnings immediately after his public service.
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The minister has now transferred his 50% company share to a trustee.
Good but not good. Does it eliminate the appearance of a conflict of interest?
No. If his political actions influence the company‘s earnings, he will have access to the additional earnings immediately after his public service.
Good but not good. Does it eliminate the appearance of a conflict of interest?
No. If his political actions influence the company‘s earnings, he will have access to the additional earnings immediately after his public service.
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
If you are a behavioural/experimental economist in the UK you should join us in the BEE-UK network. We are over 100 members now and we'd like to have as many local leads and members in as many UK universities as possible!
www.bee-uk.org/join-now/
www.bee-uk.org/join-now/
Join now - Behavioural & Experimental Economists UK
www.bee-uk.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
If you are a behavioural/experimental economist in the UK you should join us in the BEE-UK network. We are over 100 members now and we'd like to have as many local leads and members in as many UK universities as possible!
www.bee-uk.org/join-now/
www.bee-uk.org/join-now/
Lots of critical commentary about this lapse of reason appeared in today‘s newspapers - we may expect it to be corrected soon
Dear Germany, please don't fall into the trap of corruption.
👇🏻A newspaper report that a private company sells access to federal ministers. The company's owner is - a federal minister.
www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...
👇🏻A newspaper report that a private company sells access to federal ministers. The company's owner is - a federal minister.
www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...
Wolfram Weimers Medienunternehmen verkauft Abendessen mit Ministern für 80.000 Euro
Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer soll seine Nähe zur Macht vermarkten. Die Weimer Media Group bietet Unternehmen gegen Geld exklusiven Zugang zu Bundesministern.
www.berliner-zeitung.de
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Lots of critical commentary about this lapse of reason appeared in today‘s newspapers - we may expect it to be corrected soon
A data source dries up
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
A data source dries up
Dear Germany, please don't fall into the trap of corruption.
👇🏻A newspaper report that a private company sells access to federal ministers. The company's owner is - a federal minister.
www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...
👇🏻A newspaper report that a private company sells access to federal ministers. The company's owner is - a federal minister.
www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...
Wolfram Weimers Medienunternehmen verkauft Abendessen mit Ministern für 80.000 Euro
Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer soll seine Nähe zur Macht vermarkten. Die Weimer Media Group bietet Unternehmen gegen Geld exklusiven Zugang zu Bundesministern.
www.berliner-zeitung.de
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Dear Germany, please don't fall into the trap of corruption.
👇🏻A newspaper report that a private company sells access to federal ministers. The company's owner is - a federal minister.
www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...
👇🏻A newspaper report that a private company sells access to federal ministers. The company's owner is - a federal minister.
www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...