Mario Holzner
@marioholzner.bsky.social
macro-economist & director @wiiw.ac.at, historian @dshcs.bsky.social, visiting professor @collegeofeurope.bsky.social, policy, econometrics, EU, Central, East & Southeast Europe
Australia meets Austria on 20 July 2025 at 11:00 @Musikverein 🦘🦘🦘
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July 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Australia meets Austria on 20 July 2025 at 11:00 @Musikverein 🦘🦘🦘
www.musikverein.at/konzert/?id=...
www.musikverein.at/konzert/?id=...
The choice of the European flag design was made wisely, from a vexillological point of view:
May 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The choice of the European flag design was made wisely, from a vexillological point of view:
The answer must be (customs) unity - check our latest @CentreFiw policy brief on a simulation of a customs union between 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦🇲🇽🇯🇵
fiw.ac.at/en/publication…
fiw.ac.at/en/publication…
May 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The answer must be (customs) unity - check our latest @CentreFiw policy brief on a simulation of a customs union between 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦🇲🇽🇯🇵
fiw.ac.at/en/publication…
fiw.ac.at/en/publication…
When will it finally become common sense, that deepening the EU's capital market means to offer joint Eurobonds for pan-European investment in large quantities...
May 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
When will it finally become common sense, that deepening the EU's capital market means to offer joint Eurobonds for pan-European investment in large quantities...
What is "Durchhalteparole" in English?
April 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What is "Durchhalteparole" in English?
... and a speculative caveat: high levels of municipal waste per capita due to high level of material wealth...
April 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
... and a speculative caveat: high levels of municipal waste per capita due to high level of material wealth...
... speculative bonus: diversity and efficient population movement velocity...
April 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
... speculative bonus: diversity and efficient population movement velocity...
... OK - a last one, where Austria is distinct: an extremely high share of social housing as well as a high level of old age pensions = a relatively low level of prices + stable consumption = high competitiveness + low levels of macroeconomic volatility
April 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
... OK - a last one, where Austria is distinct: an extremely high share of social housing as well as a high level of old age pensions = a relatively low level of prices + stable consumption = high competitiveness + low levels of macroeconomic volatility
... and finally, geography and European (economic) unity...
April 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
... and finally, geography and European (economic) unity...
... and also, a high share of renewables in the energy mix, as well as a favourable R&D investment taxation, is conducive...
April 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
... and also, a high share of renewables in the energy mix, as well as a favourable R&D investment taxation, is conducive...
... high social spending and a peace dividend are part of the story...
April 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
... high social spending and a peace dividend are part of the story...
Disregarding Norway's oil & Luxembourg's (& Switzerland's) banking economy, Austria's differentiated, "normal" economy is leading by far in terms of disposable income of its "typical", median inhabitant - 1/4 more than in the EU - USP: a hyper-corporatist, federal welfare state.
April 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Disregarding Norway's oil & Luxembourg's (& Switzerland's) banking economy, Austria's differentiated, "normal" economy is leading by far in terms of disposable income of its "typical", median inhabitant - 1/4 more than in the EU - USP: a hyper-corporatist, federal welfare state.
... and US consumers have an idea what that could mean for the future...
April 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
... and US consumers have an idea what that could mean for the future...
All US assets are for sale - also in the housing market...
April 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
All US assets are for sale - also in the housing market...
Nuclear involves more than double the cost of solar or wind energy generation... small reactors even substantially more...
April 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Nuclear involves more than double the cost of solar or wind energy generation... small reactors even substantially more...
"the iPhone maker would need at least three years and $30bn just to shift a tenth of its supply chain from Asia to the US."
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April 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"the iPhone maker would need at least three years and $30bn just to shift a tenth of its supply chain from Asia to the US."
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It's the eggonomy, stupid
April 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It's the eggonomy, stupid
Someone is trading options well these days...
April 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Someone is trading options well these days...
Crude oil is now down to 60$ ... once it reaches 40 (as during the first year of the pandemic), Russian budget spending for extraction will be higher than the revenue... a global recession could have the potential to stop the war in Ukraine...
April 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Crude oil is now down to 60$ ... once it reaches 40 (as during the first year of the pandemic), Russian budget spending for extraction will be higher than the revenue... a global recession could have the potential to stop the war in Ukraine...
History by the minute
April 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
History by the minute
I hope someone is collecting and contextualising these memes...
April 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I hope someone is collecting and contextualising these memes...
Economists in 10 years looking for an exogenous shock in their data
April 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Economists in 10 years looking for an exogenous shock in their data
I hope someone is checking up on those who have recently bought a lot of put options...
April 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I hope someone is checking up on those who have recently bought a lot of put options...
Survival of the Dealest
April 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Survival of the Dealest