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Reiner Leidl
@leidl.bsky.social

Professor em. LMU Munich, interested in health, economics, policy and management

Economics 39%
Public Health 37%

The original of this historical speech by Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social, which he meanwhile has affirmed with good reason, can be found on Youtube. He starts with a few words in French, but then continues in English. bsky.app/profile/mark...
For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the ‘rules-based international order.’

That order is not coming back, but from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.

youtu.be/Ve4FwAexdSQ
Canada's path forward • La voie que le Canada a choisie
YouTube video by Mark Carney
youtu.be

Spitzzüngiger Kommentar zum Friedensrat von Borris Herrmann, Amerika-Korrespondent der SZ, die es mit zwei Accounts, @szde.bsky.social und @sz-dossier.de, noch nicht geschafft hat, Bluesky @bsky.app regulär zu bedienen www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/trum...
Trumps „Friedensrat“: Der Chairman hat das letzte Wort
Die Gründungscharta des „Friedensrats“ zeigt: Trump steht allein und auf Lebenszeit im Mittelpunkt. Im Bündnis mit Autokraten und Mitläufern will er die Vereinten Nationen ablösen.
www.sueddeutsche.de

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📰 The US National Defense Strategy is out!

🌍 GMF experts offer their analyses on what this means for the US, Europe, the Indo-Pacific, US Congress and beyond.

Read it here: buff.ly/qj68NZj

Partly experimental research has shown that consumers may respond to corporate political advocacy, e.g. doi.org/10.1086/707491, also finding stronger effects for those on the politically losing side doi.org/10.1016/j.jb.... How much this could ease the start-up phase of networks, remains to be seen.
Partisan Consumerism: Experimental Tests of Consumer Reactions to Corporate Political Activity | The Journal of Politics: Vol 82, No 3
To what extent do consumers’ preferences change when they learn about firms’ partisan allegiances? We address this question by conducting a series of experiments in which Democrats and Republicans wer...
doi.org

Buy European is easy to sell, and motivation to change may be higher now than pre-2025. Are there any effective incentives for early adopters, including providers of goods and services? Yet, change may be less likely in constituencies with high shares of right-leaning voters honored by big Tec-bros.

A multifold loss for the world: @who.int has lost a key member and supporter, the U.S. has deleted, adding on to USAID, another cornerstone of its international soft power, and health risks have been increased at the global level, including the U.S. itself.
who.int WHO @who.int · 4d
WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States

WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe.

Full statement: bit.ly/46dT0HF

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As a founding member of @who.int, the United States of America has contributed significantly to many of WHO’s greatest achievements, including the eradication of smallpox. WHO has always engaged with the US, and all Member States, with full respect for their sovereignty. 1/4
WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States
WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe. The notification of withdrawal raises issues that will be con...
www.who.int
WHO @who.int · 4d
WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States

WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe.

Full statement: bit.ly/46dT0HF

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For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the ‘rules-based international order.’

That order is not coming back, but from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.

youtu.be/Ve4FwAexdSQ
Canada's path forward • La voie que le Canada a choisie
YouTube video by Mark Carney
youtu.be

What a great speech, in difficult times: honest, realistic, and forward looking!

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This speech should be read (or listened to) by everyone in Europe - and beyond. For Europeans, it's a must. So many great quotes, hard to pick one. Well done, @mark-carney.bsky.social.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca

Clear statement, not claiming a need for political repositioning, but starting to implement a position adapted to new challenges.
Geopolitical shocks can - and must - be an opportunity for Europe.

The seismic shift underway makes it both possible & necessary to build a new European independence.

From security to the economy.
From defence to democracy.

Europe is gathering speed.

link.europa.eu/6qt6hC
Geopolitical shocks can - and must - be an opportunity for Europe.

The seismic shift underway makes it both possible & necessary to build a new European independence.

From security to the economy.
From defence to democracy.

Europe is gathering speed.

link.europa.eu/6qt6hC

What a striking difference between negotiated and value-based drug prices, in current U.S. control of drug cost! For negotiation, evidence inputs should clearly be defined. If visible to the public, value-based evidence may increase price transparency, especially when other aspects are dominating.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (#CMS) recently released the maximum fair prices (#MFP) for the 15 #IPAY 2027 drugs. How closely do they align with value-based prices?

New CEVR research found wide variation, which sends muddled signals to drugmakers about value.

tinyurl.com/3jsuybc7
Do Medicare’s IPAY 2027 Negotiated Drug Prices Reflect Value For Money? | Health Affairs Forefront
Examining whether negotiated prices align with value is one way of asking if CMS “got pricing right” and if the Medicare program is getting its money’s worth.
tinyurl.com

In entscheidenden Momenten die Stirn zeigen, wie Boris Herrmann treffend anmahnt: Auch das gehört - noch - zur Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft, die so sehr in 'troubled waters' geraten ist.
"Der Trumpismus funktioniert nur so lange, wie sich die vernunftbegabten Kräfte im In- und Ausland wegducken, weil sie glauben, sich keinen Widerspruch leisten zu können. Aber dieser deutliche Widerspruch ist jetzt mehr denn je vonnöten." von Boris Herrmann, SZ+
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/komm...
Nicht mit uns! Was Europa auf Trumps neue Zoll-Drohungen antworten muss
Wer sich von Donald Trump erpressen lässt, muss immer noch mehr geben, daher kann Europa auf seine neuen Zolldrohung nur eine Antwort geben
www.sueddeutsche.de

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"Der Trumpismus funktioniert nur so lange, wie sich die vernunftbegabten Kräfte im In- und Ausland wegducken, weil sie glauben, sich keinen Widerspruch leisten zu können. Aber dieser deutliche Widerspruch ist jetzt mehr denn je vonnöten." von Boris Herrmann, SZ+
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/komm...
Nicht mit uns! Was Europa auf Trumps neue Zoll-Drohungen antworten muss
Wer sich von Donald Trump erpressen lässt, muss immer noch mehr geben, daher kann Europa auf seine neuen Zolldrohung nur eine Antwort geben
www.sueddeutsche.de

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Gerade dann, wenn Europa von außen geteilt oder beherrscht werden soll, ist es wichtig, dass wir Europäer gemeinsam handeln. Wir bestimmen selber, wohin der Weg geht. Österreich soll und wird weiter eine konstruktive Rolle auf diesem Weg einnehmen. 1️⃣

Ein österreichisches Kulturgut, das sich viele in Europa, auch wir, zu Herzen nehmen sollten!

Strategic alternatives - or at least, add-ons - to enlargement may include increased cohesion if not unity, and member-states' strategic backup, with respective effectiveness to be considered.

At a memorial symposium in Hanover, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu gave a very personal speech on public health, which extended to the EU's engagement in global issues ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Must-read for health care regulators, by former FDA head @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social, pointing out challenges of introducing AI in health care systems -> Approval, benefit assessment and reimbursement regulation need system-specific consideration and design in order to support productivity gains!

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My article in the current issue of JAMA Health Forum: “How AI Will Help Solve Medicine’s Productivity Challenges.”
How AI Will Help Solve Medicine’s Productivity Challenges
This JAMA Forum discusses the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to improve productivity in medicine and explores the changes needed in regulation and reimbursement to support the effective im...
jamanetwork.com

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (#CMS) recently released the maximum fair prices (#MFP) for the 15 #IPAY 2027 drugs. How closely do they align with value-based prices?

New CEVR research found wide variation, which sends muddled signals to drugmakers about value.

tinyurl.com/3jsuybc7
Do Medicare’s IPAY 2027 Negotiated Drug Prices Reflect Value For Money? | Health Affairs Forefront
Examining whether negotiated prices align with value is one way of asking if CMS “got pricing right” and if the Medicare program is getting its money’s worth.
tinyurl.com

Great! A historically based view upon key, long-term determinants of societies striving for, and later losing, global leadership. Acknowledging the risks of such competition, an optimistic outlook is yet presented. Some more on non-great-power perspectives might provide useful in the future!
Michael Beckley argues that the era of rising powers is coming to an end, and an age of stagnation and demographic shocks is emerging in its place.
The Stagnant Order
The end of rising powers.
www.foreignaffairs.com

Another source of helpful thoughts to find the way forward in a new multipolar world, by President @alexstubb.bsky.social, guided by academic and professional experience in policy making, and by Finish self-confidence!
Without significant changes, “the multilateral system as it exists will crumble,” warns President of Finland Alexander Stubb. And “the alternatives are much worse: spheres of influence, chaos, and disorder.”
The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.
www.foreignaffairs.com

Fine first responder review, badly needed!