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You gotta love the The Economist "It is hard to imagine Ms Harris being a stellar president, though people can surprise you. But you cannot imagine her bringing about a catastrophe." economist.com/leaders/2024/1…

Five texts that explain how to write simply and well econ.st/48QgcMa 👇

Why do people fear crime? Because politicians stoke this fear, independently of actual crime rates. New article out with Georg Wenzelburger in West European Politics WEP Journal

Why are some #academics so much more productive than others? Main determinant of later productivity: early #publications. #WomenInScience publish less mainly due to getting less practice early on. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… in #PLOSONE with Isabel M. Habicht and Mark Lutter

The Dutch public broadcaster made a sketch on the current situation of the world

This is very worrying... Have humans passed peak brain power? ft.com/content/a8016c… via @ft

Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies my administration had initiated, that you will not be allowed

150 Mrd für Infrastruktur, Steuersenkungen für mittlere/niedrige Einkommen, strengere Regeln Bürgergeld, 2000 Euro steuerfrei für arbeitende Rentner, Wechsel Migrationspolitik, nudging zu attraktiverem Wehrdienst... Ist doch gar nicht mal so schlecht. shorturl.at/k56Rk

Moral gegen Kompetenz: Daniel-Pascal Zorn bezeichnet Ruud Koopmans als "Experte" (mit Anführungsstrichen), seine Forschung als "problematisch". Ruud Koopmans wurde 30216-mal zitiert scholar.google.de/citations?hl=d… Daniel-Pascal Zorn wurde 374-mal zitiert scholar.google.de/citations?user… 🤔

Thesis S. Hicks: as activist academics despaired that reality does not fit their theories, they "could either go with the evidence and reject their deeply cherished ideals or stick by their ideals and attack the whole idea that evidence and logic matter" (Expl Postmodern, p 90.)

Dokumentation „X, Y, Z – Die Generationenlüge“ auf 3Sat faz.net/aktuell/feuill…

X,Y,Z - Die Generationenlüge 3sat.de/gesellschaft/p…

"The biggest favor that Mr. Merz and his governing partners could do for the AfD is to fail to toughen immigration policy and continue to show disdain for public opinion." nytimes.com/2025/05/17/opi…

Whoever publishes less in academia has a higher propensity to leave. But this cannot explain why women leave. See preprint here: osf.io/preprints/osf/… with Isabel M. Habicht and Mark Lutter

Twitter bubble: Ich schreibe gerade einen Artikel, weswegen es sinnvoll wäre, dass Beamte bis 70 arbeiten, um die volle Pension von 71,75 % des letzten Bruttolohnes zu beziehen. Welche Gründe dafür oder dagegen fallen euch ein?

Ever more Europeans feel emotionally attached to the EU, consider it as democratically legitimate as well as producing positive outcomes. doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/…

Angestellte können oft nicht fassen, wie hoch die Pensionen von Beamten sind. Ihre Empörung ist nachvollziehbar. zeit.de/2025/30/pensio…