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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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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 8h
Gratuliere!

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 11h
The sheer size of the child penalty in labor markets (worldwide) makes it so important. Here's a new study digging deeper.

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rationalitycrc.bsky.social CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 12h
Why the motherhood penalty persists: Our analysis shows that declines in general competencies like numeracy account for at most 10% of the long-term child penalty in earnings, suggesting that gender norms, not skill depreciation, remain the primary driver of inequality.
The Earnings Gap Isn’t a Skill Gap: Labor Market Skills Don’t Explain the “Child Penalty”
Jessen, Kinne & Battisti: "Child penalties in labour market skills" European Economic Review, Volume 184 (2026)
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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 12h
Why the motherhood penalty persists: Our analysis shows that declines in general competencies like numeracy account for at most 10% of the long-term child penalty in earnings, suggesting that gender norms, not skill depreciation, remain the primary driver of inequality.
The Earnings Gap Isn’t a Skill Gap: Labor Market Skills Don’t Explain the “Child Penalty”
Jessen, Kinne & Battisti: "Child penalties in labour market skills" European Economic Review, Volume 184 (2026)
190researchblog.substack.com

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 13h
A top conference series
cesifo.org CESifo @cesifo.org · 3d
📢 The Call for Papers for the 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀, organized by @klaus-m-schmidt.bsky.social & Ernst Fehr is now open!
Keynotes: Supreet Kaur & @philippstrack.bsky.social
📆 𝟮𝟯 - 𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
ℹ️https://www.ifo.de/cesifo/f9G

In cooperation with @rationalitycrc.bsky.social
Call for Papers Behavioral Economics

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 16h
May be a question for political scientists: are there many countries where a head of the government comments names individual citizens who disagree with him/her? Some (good) reason appears to keep them from doing it, normally.

Reposted by Kevin O’Rourke, Sascha O. Becker, Martha Bailey , and 2 more

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Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 1d
1/Universities need to systematically address the findings in the Epstein files. In my opinion, every university in which current or past faculty, administrators, trustees appear in the files, should establish formal bodies to review and assess.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
A $50,000 Watch and Friendly Notes: One College Leader’s Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 1d
Link to article text for headline👇🏼

www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news...
janrosenow.bsky.social Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d
Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition.

This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.

Reposted by Mel Bartley, Nancy­ Knowlton­, Fredrik Albritton Jonsson , and 1 more

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d
Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition.

This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
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ygorodnichenko.bsky.social Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 2d
This cartoon is titled "Aid to #Ukraine"

A picture is worth a thousand words

#UkrainianView

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

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Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 2d
This cartoon is titled "Aid to #Ukraine"

A picture is worth a thousand words

#UkrainianView

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
Ganz einfache Lösung: ETS nicht aufweichen

Reposted by Joanna Bryson

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
But the bureaucracy!

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robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d
The Trump family pockets a cool half billion dollars in order to turn over a technology in which US taxpayers invested tens of billions to the Emiratis—against the advice of the national security community. And US media decides it's nothing really worth talking about.
Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi
A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout?
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d
The Trump family pockets a cool half billion dollars in order to turn over a technology in which US taxpayers invested tens of billions to the Emiratis—against the advice of the national security community. And US media decides it's nothing really worth talking about.
Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi
A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout?
www.theguardian.com

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
Meritocracy versus rule of money

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polenz.bsky.social Ruprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · 2d
Putin unterstützt die Rechtspopulisten in Westeuropa. Jetzt kommt Trump auch dazu. Die AfD freut sich drüber. Schließlich ist sie seit langem Sprachrohr für Putin und Trump. Wollen wir uns diese Einmischung aus dem Ausland in die deutsche Politik gefallen lassen?

Reposted by Peter Stegmaier, Georg Weizsäcker

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Ruprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · 2d
Putin unterstützt die Rechtspopulisten in Westeuropa. Jetzt kommt Trump auch dazu. Die AfD freut sich drüber. Schließlich ist sie seit langem Sprachrohr für Putin und Trump. Wollen wir uns diese Einmischung aus dem Ausland in die deutsche Politik gefallen lassen?

Reposted by Joanna Bryson

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
$500 million bribe to a head of state who puts his country in crisis.

Lesson to 🇪🇺, don‘t allow it here, not a single €.
mbazzi.bsky.social Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 3d
“Under any other president, a UAE royal secretly paying $500 million to the Trump family’s crypto business would cause a political earthquake in Washington. There would be demands for an investigation by Congress, televised hearings, and months of damage control” — my latest @theguardian.com
Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi
A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout?
www.theguardian.com

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
Cringe diplomacy is doing its bit

(but 👏 to @nroettgen.bsky.social‘s raction)

www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump administration favored Germany’s far right in Washington visit
A planned meeting collapsed after State Department officials told the German embassy it refused to meet with center-left German lawmakers.
www.politico.eu

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
(report by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org whose account I recommend following for energy news)

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
… so demand can avoid buying at peak prices, thus reduce them

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 2d
Batteries give flexibility - also to the demand side
70sbachchan.bsky.social Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d
Don't look but after Solar boom, Batteries Hockey Stick of Hope is here.

Grid scale batteries are being installed at factories, farms, ports...

Rystad says: "Battery storage is no longer just enabling renewables — it is actively replacing gas generation."
www.rystadenergy.com/insights/ene...

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d
Don't look but after Solar boom, Batteries Hockey Stick of Hope is here.

Grid scale batteries are being installed at factories, farms, ports...

Rystad says: "Battery storage is no longer just enabling renewables — it is actively replacing gas generation."
www.rystadenergy.com/insights/ene...

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 3d
300 warm help boxes for 🇺🇦

(donation page in English, and supported by @efdavies.bsky.social)
efdavies.bsky.social Franziska Davies @efdavies.bsky.social · 3d
Ich unterstütze die Kampagne „300 Warm Help Boxes“.
Nach schweren russischen Angriffen auf die zivile Energieinfrastruktur leiden viele Menschen in Kyjiw unter Stromausfällen und extremen Temperaturen.
Für ältere Menschen sind Kälte und Dunkelheit nicht nur eine Belastung-
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Slide I: Spendenziel 40 000 Euro Slide 2:Nach schweren russischen Angriffen auf die zivile Energieinfrastruktur leiden viele Menschen in Kyjiw unter langen Stromausfällen und extremen Temperaturen.Die Ukrainer bleiben resilient, aber für ältere Menschen sind Kälte und Dunkelheit nicht nur eine Bedrohung. Sie können lebensbedrohlich sein. Viele ältere Menschen leben allein, sind in ihrer Mobilität eingeschränkt und können keine Anlaufstellen wie die vom Staat bereitgestellten 'Points of Invicibilty Centers' erreichen. Ohne stabilen Zugang zu Informationen und Hilfe sind sie während der Stomausälle oft isoliert und schutzlos. Bilder von Boxen und Text: Aus diesem Grund sammeln wir Spenden, um 300 Warm Help Boxes an ältere Menschen in Kyjiw zu liefern. Jede Box bietet sofortige, praktische Hilfe und enthält wichtige Dinge wie* • eine Wärmflasche, • eine LED-Lampe/Laterne, • Thermokleidung, • eine Decke, • eine Thermoskanne, • Batterien, • Kerzen, • Lebensmittel, die weder gekocht

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 3d
‚“My project is about bears and ‘black’ is a trigger word,” they wrote. “Insane.”‘

Reposted by Valerie M. Delmotte, Joshua S. Weitz, Georg Weizsäcker

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Eos @eos.org · 3d
Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...
Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” - Eos
Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...
eos.org

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

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Franziska Davies @efdavies.bsky.social · 3d
Ich unterstütze die Kampagne „300 Warm Help Boxes“.
Nach schweren russischen Angriffen auf die zivile Energieinfrastruktur leiden viele Menschen in Kyjiw unter Stromausfällen und extremen Temperaturen.
Für ältere Menschen sind Kälte und Dunkelheit nicht nur eine Belastung-
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vitsche.org/donate/
Slide I: Spendenziel 40 000 Euro Slide 2:Nach schweren russischen Angriffen auf die zivile Energieinfrastruktur leiden viele Menschen in Kyjiw unter langen Stromausfällen und extremen Temperaturen.Die Ukrainer bleiben resilient, aber für ältere Menschen sind Kälte und Dunkelheit nicht nur eine Bedrohung. Sie können lebensbedrohlich sein. Viele ältere Menschen leben allein, sind in ihrer Mobilität eingeschränkt und können keine Anlaufstellen wie die vom Staat bereitgestellten 'Points of Invicibilty Centers' erreichen. Ohne stabilen Zugang zu Informationen und Hilfe sind sie während der Stomausälle oft isoliert und schutzlos. Bilder von Boxen und Text: Aus diesem Grund sammeln wir Spenden, um 300 Warm Help Boxes an ältere Menschen in Kyjiw zu liefern. Jede Box bietet sofortige, praktische Hilfe und enthält wichtige Dinge wie* • eine Wärmflasche, • eine LED-Lampe/Laterne, • Thermokleidung, • eine Decke, • eine Thermoskanne, • Batterien, • Kerzen, • Lebensmittel, die weder gekocht

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Marc Lynch, Juan Cole , and 3 more

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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 3d
“Under any other president, a UAE royal secretly paying $500 million to the Trump family’s crypto business would cause a political earthquake in Washington. There would be demands for an investigation by Congress, televised hearings, and months of damage control” — my latest @theguardian.com
Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi
A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout?
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Stephan Lewandowsky, Georg Weizsäcker

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 3d
EU tech law

EU Commission preliminary finding that TikTok has breached Digital Services Act re 'addictive design' ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok\'s addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.
ec.europa.eu

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker, Dietmar Fehr

cesifo.org
CESifo @cesifo.org · 3d
📢 The Call for Papers for the 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀, organized by @klaus-m-schmidt.bsky.social & Ernst Fehr is now open!
Keynotes: Supreet Kaur & @philippstrack.bsky.social
📆 𝟮𝟯 - 𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
ℹ️https://www.ifo.de/cesifo/f9G

In cooperation with @rationalitycrc.bsky.social
Call for Papers Behavioral Economics

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 4d
Modern art, of a kind

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 4d
New clean power coming online could reduce how often gas sets electricity prices – and cut exposure to future price shocks. Dr Simon Evans has the story

eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/expen...
Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills
High gas prices, not green policies, remain the main reason UK households are paying more for electricity
eastangliabylines.co.uk