@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social
Microeconomist, Behavioral Economist, Author of "Misunderstandings: False Beliefs in Communication"
Congrats @jonasjessen.bsky.social and co-authors
03.08.2025 15:32 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Russell twice lost his position on account of his social views. He was twice imprisoned for them. His last sustained political action, the Tribunal on American War Crimes in Vietnam, was met by a conspiracy of silence round the world. The fact that he was an intellectual genius made it easier for those who purveyed a more comfortable view of life to present him as a simpleton. He endured this too. He continued in the belief that, the desire for power aside, the most socially dangerous conditions of mind were boredom and the love of excitement.
Richard Wollheim on Bertrand Russell.
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02.08.2025 17:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@aeainformation.bsky.social
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Go on, Mr Trump. We‘re listening.
02.08.2025 06:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Once upon a time, two science journalists had an idea for a blog about retractions. And on Aug. 3, 2010, Retraction Watch launched.
And now, 15 years and 6,700 posts later, that work seems more important than ever.
Happy 15th anniversary, Retraction Watch.
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02.08.2025 04:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
„In a social media post on Friday, Mr. Trump said the revision was made ‚right after the election.‘ In fact, the announcement was made roughly two and a half months before Election Day. […] ‚MASSIVE SCANDAL.‘“
Nonsense covered up with more nonsense
(Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
"Conference organizers, potential participants fault US policies for falling attendance. Uncertainty about funding and visas takes a toll on networking."
I chose not to attend a major conference in the USA this summer, partially because of the state of things there right now.
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My conclusion (and I may miss s/th): for best public service, the give and the take best occur independently of each other. This applies even to small donations. We should allow donations of any size only with a stringent system that makes them anonymous, and should be alarmed by big ones.
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The „take“ is important, too. Politicians need input from experts, from companies, and even from interested parties. Yet, they can get this input without €€ flows, always and everywhere.
Political parties are extremely valuable and tax-funding their expenses is well justified.
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Agreed, the „give“ is important. Wealthy people should be encouraged to help public causes (and the semi-wealthy, too). Yet, they can do it via foundations and NGOs with a known mission, or via a vast set of other institutions, instead of paying a political party.
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It’s give and take. Donations create loyalty and influence the politicians‘ actions. The hypothesis that practically no-one is immune to such reciprocal preferences is consistent with research and with observing current politicians.
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Perhaps a naive question, but honestly curious: Should we continue to allow private citizens and companies to non-anonymously donate €€ to political parties?
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Verkehrte Welt
30.07.2025 13:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Not just numbers
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
In Germany, we all agree that our bureaucracy & regulation are out of proportion.
Or so they say.
👇 THIS is why we have so much bureaucracy: public servants who are willing to accept money from interested parties.
Stop it - and we can cut rules, too.
„The Bottom Line: Without significant recovery in visa issuance in July and August, up to 150,000 fewer students may arrive [in the US] this fall.“
30.07.2025 10:43 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Department of Economics of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Ghazala made important contributions in a large number of fields, spanning the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organizational economics. The award will promote work in those fields by young scholars. The first edition of this award will consist of a 5,000 euro prize for the best paper in this set of fields by junior researchers. The selection of the laureate will be carried out by a scientific committee composed of Pierre Cahuc, Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo. Eligibility for the prize requires that all authors have obtained their PhD after 1 September 2018. Papers written jointly with more senior researchers will not be considered. The prize will be awarded at SciencesPo during the event organised in memory of Ghazala on 10 December 2025. One of the authors of the prize winning paper will present the work at this event. Applications must be submitted by 31 August 2025.
📢 #CallForPapers To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Economics Department of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Junior researchers can submit a paper in economics of discrimination, gender, education & organizational #economics. Submit by 31 August.
cepr.org/events/ghaza...
#EconSky
NYT on how the 🇪🇺🇺🇸 „deal“ is quite nonfeasible on energy issues. (Gift article 👇)
Handelsblatt also writes about it, adding that issues of food regulation, digital markets and tarriffs on steel and aluminum are also wide open.
Not a deal yet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
PhD plagiarists are strongly wasteful for society, and strongly deceitful.
Mainly at fault: their doctoral advisors. It is their job to teach, to train, and to control quality.
PhD granting institutions need to have structures in place to detect it when advisors fail.
The @nytimes.com says: "The Bull Market for Economists Is Over." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b....
But Oxford Econ Dept & Nuffield College continue to offer their prestigious 3-year postdoc in economics! 👏 🎯
Deadline 🚨 30 September 🚨 to get offer by Xmas 🎄: economics.web.ox.ac.uk/nuffield-pos...
Another German politician is being investigated for plagiarism in her PhD.
To all university colleagues: to be competitive, we need to improve. Ask yourself whether such a case would be possible at your institution, and if so, change it.
www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
„For decades, earning a Ph.D. in economics has been a nearly foolproof path to a lucrative career.“
Ironically, the reason is that the great majority of people on the path don‘t pursue it for the lucrativity.
Anyway, the news from the US is bad. 👇
(Gift article.) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...
Best wishes for @mclem.org and colleagues. Universities are more important than one might have thought, and will have to stand firm for a while.
29.07.2025 05:12 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0By all indications, last years economics job market was much tougher than any year since the pandemic. But all signs point towards an even worse job market coming up this season.
Let me explain.
Corruption eats, a lot.
(Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
Delighted to be on the Scientific Committee for the 2025 European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society #EWMES
📍 Nicosia, Cyprus
📅 Dec 7–9, 2025
🌱 A key platform for ECRs across econometrics, macro, micro, theory & more.
📝 Submit by Sept 7
🔗: www.econometricsociety.org/regional-act...
