Gregor Laudage
@gregorlaudage.bsky.social
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Knowledge is elitist.
Education is snobby.
Expertise is detached.
The only way to be truly "democratic” is to crowd-source reality.
That has been the political vibe of the last ten years, not just in Britain, and it is the road to ruin.
The pandemic probably didn’t help.
Education is snobby.
Expertise is detached.
The only way to be truly "democratic” is to crowd-source reality.
That has been the political vibe of the last ten years, not just in Britain, and it is the road to ruin.
The pandemic probably didn’t help.
The logical culmination of Gove’s ‘we don’t trust experts’. Now it’s ’we don’t know anything’.
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Knowledge is elitist.
Education is snobby.
Expertise is detached.
The only way to be truly "democratic” is to crowd-source reality.
That has been the political vibe of the last ten years, not just in Britain, and it is the road to ruin.
The pandemic probably didn’t help.
Education is snobby.
Expertise is detached.
The only way to be truly "democratic” is to crowd-source reality.
That has been the political vibe of the last ten years, not just in Britain, and it is the road to ruin.
The pandemic probably didn’t help.
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The oldest trick in the climate delay playbook:
1. Rule out all other measures as unnecessary and counterproductive because we will introduce CO2 pricing
2. Then rule out CO2 pricing because it would make things unaffordable
3. Checkmate
1. Rule out all other measures as unnecessary and counterproductive because we will introduce CO2 pricing
2. Then rule out CO2 pricing because it would make things unaffordable
3. Checkmate
German Conservatives call for ditching the 2035 phaseout of fossil fuel vehicle sales, arguing that we (will) price CO2 with ETS2, so no other measure is needed
But the minute ETS2 starts in 2027 and makes fuel more expensive, they *will* campaign against it, mark my words
But the minute ETS2 starts in 2027 and makes fuel more expensive, they *will* campaign against it, mark my words
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The oldest trick in the climate delay playbook:
1. Rule out all other measures as unnecessary and counterproductive because we will introduce CO2 pricing
2. Then rule out CO2 pricing because it would make things unaffordable
3. Checkmate
1. Rule out all other measures as unnecessary and counterproductive because we will introduce CO2 pricing
2. Then rule out CO2 pricing because it would make things unaffordable
3. Checkmate
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Still the best explanation of Russian tactics and the difficulty of deterrence.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
September 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Still the best explanation of Russian tactics and the difficulty of deterrence.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
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Gerade geht es um Differenzierung in verfassungsrechtlichen Themen.
Plumpst #Serrao von der NZZ bei #Lanz herein und offenbart seine gänzliche Ahnungslosigkeit von den verfassungsrechtlichen Voraussetzungen eines AfD-Verbotsverfahrens.
Seine größte Sorge offensichtlich: nur nicht die AfD verbieten!
Plumpst #Serrao von der NZZ bei #Lanz herein und offenbart seine gänzliche Ahnungslosigkeit von den verfassungsrechtlichen Voraussetzungen eines AfD-Verbotsverfahrens.
Seine größte Sorge offensichtlich: nur nicht die AfD verbieten!
July 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Very happy to see that the article @moritzecon.bsky.social and I have written on Germany's "fiscal ecosystem" has just been published online and in print in Surplus Magazine
www.surplusmagazin.de/staat-schatt...
www.surplusmagazin.de/staat-schatt...
Das fiskalische Ökosystem
Schattenhaushalte sind keine Ausnahme, sondern seit Jahrzehnten fester Bestandteil der Staatsfinanzen. Sie spiegeln die deutsche Geschichte.
www.surplusmagazin.de
June 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Very happy to see that the article @moritzecon.bsky.social and I have written on Germany's "fiscal ecosystem" has just been published online and in print in Surplus Magazine
www.surplusmagazin.de/staat-schatt...
www.surplusmagazin.de/staat-schatt...
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🚨 New open access article 🚨
Out now in Journal of Financial Regulation with Alex Goghie and Matteo Giordano
'Encumbered Security? Vertical and Horizontal Repos in the Euro Area and Their Inherent Ambiguity'
academic.oup.com/jfr/advance-...
Out now in Journal of Financial Regulation with Alex Goghie and Matteo Giordano
'Encumbered Security? Vertical and Horizontal Repos in the Euro Area and Their Inherent Ambiguity'
academic.oup.com/jfr/advance-...
May 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🚨 New open access article 🚨
Out now in Journal of Financial Regulation with Alex Goghie and Matteo Giordano
'Encumbered Security? Vertical and Horizontal Repos in the Euro Area and Their Inherent Ambiguity'
academic.oup.com/jfr/advance-...
Out now in Journal of Financial Regulation with Alex Goghie and Matteo Giordano
'Encumbered Security? Vertical and Horizontal Repos in the Euro Area and Their Inherent Ambiguity'
academic.oup.com/jfr/advance-...
For anyone interested in central banking and constitutional law, Lev Menand explains the issue very well open.spotify.com/episode/7d04...
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
For anyone interested in central banking and constitutional law, Lev Menand explains the issue very well open.spotify.com/episode/7d04...
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Thinking about these guys
April 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Thinking about these guys
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Geld regiert die Koalitionsverhandlungen: Sondervermögen oder Schuldenbremse, jetzt oder später?
Joel S. Bella hielt eine entsprechende Grundgesetzänderung durch den Alt-Bundestag für verfassunswidrig, GREGOR LAUDAGE erwidert: Der Bundestag bleibt kompetent.
verfassungsblog.de/sondervermog...
Joel S. Bella hielt eine entsprechende Grundgesetzänderung durch den Alt-Bundestag für verfassunswidrig, GREGOR LAUDAGE erwidert: Der Bundestag bleibt kompetent.
verfassungsblog.de/sondervermog...
![Zitat aus dem aktuellen Text unseres Autors Gregor Laudage: „Bis zum Zusammentritt des 21. Bundestages vertreten die Abgeordneten des 20. Bundestages ausdrücklich das ‚ganze Volk‘ [...]; wenn 2/3 dieser Abgeordneten das Grundgesetz ändern wollen, sind sie dazu hinreichend demokratisch legitimiert.“](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lwsmic4fvtzizgyujtgczkgv/bafkreic6oofkvbmljqgj624o7d3kpzaihrexq5fdbrwbiasoya2fdmdvga@jpeg)
March 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Geld regiert die Koalitionsverhandlungen: Sondervermögen oder Schuldenbremse, jetzt oder später?
Joel S. Bella hielt eine entsprechende Grundgesetzänderung durch den Alt-Bundestag für verfassunswidrig, GREGOR LAUDAGE erwidert: Der Bundestag bleibt kompetent.
verfassungsblog.de/sondervermog...
Joel S. Bella hielt eine entsprechende Grundgesetzänderung durch den Alt-Bundestag für verfassunswidrig, GREGOR LAUDAGE erwidert: Der Bundestag bleibt kompetent.
verfassungsblog.de/sondervermog...
1/What do the KTF, the autobahn and the chimney sweepers' pension fund have in common? They are all part of the wide landscape of off-balance-sheet fiscal agencies (OBFA) in Germany and therefore part of our new working paper with @agutersandu.bsky.social @steffenmurau.bsky.social and Armin Haas.
December 2, 2024 at 2:08 PM
1/What do the KTF, the autobahn and the chimney sweepers' pension fund have in common? They are all part of the wide landscape of off-balance-sheet fiscal agencies (OBFA) in Germany and therefore part of our new working paper with @agutersandu.bsky.social @steffenmurau.bsky.social and Armin Haas.