Anke Hassel
@ankehassel.bsky.social
Professor of Public Policy, Hertie School, working on issues of comparative political economy, future of work, welfare and economic policy
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Anke Hassel
@ankehassel.bsky.social
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Shielding competitiveness: Germany’s wage policy during the inflation shock years in comparative perspective - Martin Höpner, Donato Di Carlo, Anke Hassel, 2024
We analyse wage developments in Germany during the inflation shock years of 2021–2023 from three perspectives: cost of living, supply-side cost pressure, and re...
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Just published, open access, another paper with @donatodc.bsky.social and Martin Höpner @mpifg.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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#TagderArbeit: Folgen des demografischen Wandels für den Arbeitsmarkt erklären @ankehassel.bsky.social, Prof @hertieschool.bsky.social & martinkrz.bsky.social, Direktor @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. www.einsteinfoundation.de/einblicke/albert/albert-nr-10-sozialdemografie/wir-arbeiten-dran (1/2)
April 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#TagderArbeit: Folgen des demografischen Wandels für den Arbeitsmarkt erklären @ankehassel.bsky.social, Prof @hertieschool.bsky.social & martinkrz.bsky.social, Direktor @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. www.einsteinfoundation.de/einblicke/albert/albert-nr-10-sozialdemografie/wir-arbeiten-dran (1/2)
We had a great time at Villa Vigoni discussing geoeconomics with a brilliant group of scholars. Many thanks to @dfg.de and everyone who contributed!
Very grateful for two days of collective thinking on the EU’s geoeconomic challenges
Huge thanks to my fab co-organizers @ankehassel.bsky.social @katemcnamara.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @trgn.bsky.social + to the brilliant scholars who shared their insights about the challenges ahead
Huge thanks to my fab co-organizers @ankehassel.bsky.social @katemcnamara.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @trgn.bsky.social + to the brilliant scholars who shared their insights about the challenges ahead
April 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We had a great time at Villa Vigoni discussing geoeconomics with a brilliant group of scholars. Many thanks to @dfg.de and everyone who contributed!
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Very grateful for two days of collective thinking on the EU’s geoeconomic challenges
Huge thanks to my fab co-organizers @ankehassel.bsky.social @katemcnamara.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @trgn.bsky.social + to the brilliant scholars who shared their insights about the challenges ahead
Huge thanks to my fab co-organizers @ankehassel.bsky.social @katemcnamara.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @trgn.bsky.social + to the brilliant scholars who shared their insights about the challenges ahead
April 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Very grateful for two days of collective thinking on the EU’s geoeconomic challenges
Huge thanks to my fab co-organizers @ankehassel.bsky.social @katemcnamara.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @trgn.bsky.social + to the brilliant scholars who shared their insights about the challenges ahead
Huge thanks to my fab co-organizers @ankehassel.bsky.social @katemcnamara.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @trgn.bsky.social + to the brilliant scholars who shared their insights about the challenges ahead
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Infrastructure is power and DOGE is out to centralize control and then weaponize the plumbing. See a longer explanation of the risks here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/elon...
April 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Infrastructure is power and DOGE is out to centralize control and then weaponize the plumbing. See a longer explanation of the risks here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/elon...
We should be in full solidarity with our colleagues in US universities in these days. It must be incredibly hard to navigate the pressure and protect these institutions that still produce the best research, faculty and students in the world. www.ft.com/content/d95c...
Professors sue Trump administration over Columbia University overhaul
Legal challenge reflects concerns over pressure on US academic freedom and freedom of speech
www.ft.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
We should be in full solidarity with our colleagues in US universities in these days. It must be incredibly hard to navigate the pressure and protect these institutions that still produce the best research, faculty and students in the world. www.ft.com/content/d95c...
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Some astonishing numbers in here:
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
Bubble Trouble
An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.
prospect.org
March 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Some astonishing numbers in here:
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
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📣 New release: The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work, edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social of @etui.bsky.social
FREE content: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
More info: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
#AlgorithmManagement #EmploymentRelationship #FutureofWork
FREE content: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
More info: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
#AlgorithmManagement #EmploymentRelationship #FutureofWork
March 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📣 New release: The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work, edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social of @etui.bsky.social
FREE content: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
More info: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
#AlgorithmManagement #EmploymentRelationship #FutureofWork
FREE content: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
More info: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
#AlgorithmManagement #EmploymentRelationship #FutureofWork
Absolutely right!
Such a complicated topic deserves better than silly columns by pundits.
A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst
The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Absolutely right!
It seems that Europe needs to have a response to authoritarianism in US higher education beyond poaching their professors. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is setting the US on a path to educational authoritarianism
While we watch students getting handcuffed, vague new guidelines create a culture of fear over teaching our history
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
It seems that Europe needs to have a response to authoritarianism in US higher education beyond poaching their professors. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Die Abkehr der 🇺🇸 von der regelbasierten Ordnung verlangt von der neuen BuReg eine Neuausrichtung der Partnerschaften – europäisch & international. C. Clüver Ashbrook, @ndeitelhoff.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, A.-K. Hornidge & W. Schroeder dazu: www.progressives-zentrum.org/publication/...
March 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Die Abkehr der 🇺🇸 von der regelbasierten Ordnung verlangt von der neuen BuReg eine Neuausrichtung der Partnerschaften – europäisch & international. C. Clüver Ashbrook, @ndeitelhoff.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, A.-K. Hornidge & W. Schroeder dazu: www.progressives-zentrum.org/publication/...
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The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work, co-edited with @silviarainone.bsky.social, is now available @elgarpublishing.bsky.social @etui.bsky.social
Thanks to the authors for their insights on app-based food delivery!
More info 👉 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
#GigEconomy #FoodForThought
Thanks to the authors for their insights on app-based food delivery!
More info 👉 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
#GigEconomy #FoodForThought
The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work
‘Bringing together leading voices, this Companion offers a critical and forward-looking analysis of how to regulate the industry''s impact on work and workers. With insightful case studies and expert ...
www.e-elgar.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work, co-edited with @silviarainone.bsky.social, is now available @elgarpublishing.bsky.social @etui.bsky.social
Thanks to the authors for their insights on app-based food delivery!
More info 👉 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
#GigEconomy #FoodForThought
Thanks to the authors for their insights on app-based food delivery!
More info 👉 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
#GigEconomy #FoodForThought
Dass die Grünen eigene Akzente im Finanzpaket setzen wollen, ist verständlich. Es letztlich nicht zu unterstützen, würde ihre Glaubwürdigkeit im Hinblick auf Ukraine aber auch Infrastruktur langfristig beschädigen. Es wäre eine Dummheit. (Auch wenn viele Dummheiten im Sondierungspapier stehen).
March 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Dass die Grünen eigene Akzente im Finanzpaket setzen wollen, ist verständlich. Es letztlich nicht zu unterstützen, würde ihre Glaubwürdigkeit im Hinblick auf Ukraine aber auch Infrastruktur langfristig beschädigen. Es wäre eine Dummheit. (Auch wenn viele Dummheiten im Sondierungspapier stehen).
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Join us for forthcoming British & Comparative Political Economy online seminars with
@ankehassel.bsky.social
@vapunkt.bsky.social
Mark Blyth
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📢 Next week is our first seminar of the @psabcpe.bsky.social online series with fantastic @ankehassel.bsky.social talking about Growth Strategies And Welfare Reforms: How Nations Cope With Economic Transitions💡Please sign up 💻 & share widely ‼️
March 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Join us for forthcoming British & Comparative Political Economy online seminars with
@ankehassel.bsky.social
@vapunkt.bsky.social
Mark Blyth
@quinnslobodian.com
👇
@ankehassel.bsky.social
@vapunkt.bsky.social
Mark Blyth
@quinnslobodian.com
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spot on!
I wrote a new piece for foreign policy.
The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. But Europe has an overlooked trump card.
When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water.
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foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...
The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. But Europe has an overlooked trump card.
When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water.
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foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...
Heavy Industry Is Europe’s Trump Card
The continent has an upper hand in its looming security competition with the United States.
foreignpolicy.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
spot on!
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I wrote a new piece for foreign policy.
The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. But Europe has an overlooked trump card.
When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water.
Thread.
1/
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...
The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. But Europe has an overlooked trump card.
When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water.
Thread.
1/
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...
Heavy Industry Is Europe’s Trump Card
The continent has an upper hand in its looming security competition with the United States.
foreignpolicy.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I wrote a new piece for foreign policy.
The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. But Europe has an overlooked trump card.
When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water.
Thread.
1/
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...
The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. But Europe has an overlooked trump card.
When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water.
Thread.
1/
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...
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A report commissioned by the German defense ministry says Beijing could purposefully delay wind projects, harvest sensitive data and remotely shut down turbines if given access to wind farms.
www.politico.eu/article/chin...
www.politico.eu/article/chin...
China could blackmail Germany via wind turbines, report warns
A government-backed analysis seen by POLITICO argues Beijing could remotely shut down wind farms unless Germany bans its suppliers.
www.politico.eu
March 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A report commissioned by the German defense ministry says Beijing could purposefully delay wind projects, harvest sensitive data and remotely shut down turbines if given access to wind farms.
www.politico.eu/article/chin...
www.politico.eu/article/chin...
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🇩🇪 Germany's election ended the traffic-light coalition's chapter w/ a lesson: German Social Democrats must reflect on reasons for their decline & a strategy to turn things around
#EPO by @ankehassel.bsky.social @afscharian.bsky.social Max Brändle & Christian Krell
✍ feps-europe.eu/election/ger...
#EPO by @ankehassel.bsky.social @afscharian.bsky.social Max Brändle & Christian Krell
✍ feps-europe.eu/election/ger...
February 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🇩🇪 Germany's election ended the traffic-light coalition's chapter w/ a lesson: German Social Democrats must reflect on reasons for their decline & a strategy to turn things around
#EPO by @ankehassel.bsky.social @afscharian.bsky.social Max Brändle & Christian Krell
✍ feps-europe.eu/election/ger...
#EPO by @ankehassel.bsky.social @afscharian.bsky.social Max Brändle & Christian Krell
✍ feps-europe.eu/election/ger...
I wrote a piece on the German elections for @feps-europe.eu feps-europe.eu/the-spds-dra...
The SPD's dramatic defeat raises major questions for progressive politics in Germany - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
The decline of social-democratic parties in Western Europe is not new, but it often marks […]
feps-europe.eu
February 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I wrote a piece on the German elections for @feps-europe.eu feps-europe.eu/the-spds-dra...
In Berlin, the Linke has the highest vote share and the SPD came fifth. SPD did not win a single district.
February 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
In Berlin, the Linke has the highest vote share and the SPD came fifth. SPD did not win a single district.
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I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again).
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
February 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again).
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
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German public TV just published this poll of first-time voters. A massive lead for socialist Left party on 27%.
Left + SPD + Greens on 54% among first-time-voters. Those voters were also slightly less likely to vote AfD than national average.
So much for the “far-right youth”.
Left + SPD + Greens on 54% among first-time-voters. Those voters were also slightly less likely to vote AfD than national average.
So much for the “far-right youth”.
February 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
German public TV just published this poll of first-time voters. A massive lead for socialist Left party on 27%.
Left + SPD + Greens on 54% among first-time-voters. Those voters were also slightly less likely to vote AfD than national average.
So much for the “far-right youth”.
Left + SPD + Greens on 54% among first-time-voters. Those voters were also slightly less likely to vote AfD than national average.
So much for the “far-right youth”.
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1. Background to the epochal change in German and European politics after the election. Merz, the presumed next Chancellor has said that Europe is setting out to "achieve its independence from the US, step by step." @abenewman.bsky.social and I explain the background in our book, Underground Empire
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
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February 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
1. Background to the epochal change in German and European politics after the election. Merz, the presumed next Chancellor has said that Europe is setting out to "achieve its independence from the US, step by step." @abenewman.bsky.social and I explain the background in our book, Underground Empire