Anke Hassel

Just published, open access, another paper with @donatodc.bsky.social and Martin Höpner @mpifg.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#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

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...

Berlin street art

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

📣 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

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...

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/...

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

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).

Join us for forthcoming British & Comparative Political Economy online seminars with @ankehassel.bsky.social @vapunkt.bsky.social Mark Blyth @quinnslobodian.com 👇

My latest, with a brilliant illustration by Ben Hickey: on.ft.com/3XAhTcc

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. Thread. 1/ foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...

🇩🇪 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...

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.

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

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”.

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

Massive polarization of young voters between far left and right and along gender lines.

Very cool metaphor!

About once every half-million years, Earth's magnetic poles switch. After day 1 of #MSC2025, I can't think of a better metaphor for the European politics of the transatlantic alliance: everything is reversing.

How are Germans planning to vote? I took a look, with five charts and a bunch of data 🇩🇪📈

I can’t imagine what it is like to teach political science in the US these days. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

This is such a good read by Daron Acemoglu in the FT on a not completely unlikely scenario in 2030. The dangers of undermining institutions are real. www.ft.com/content/4e3f...

Die Einbringung des Fünf-Punkte-Plans war ein Tabubruch ohne Not und Gewinn, so @ankehassel.bsky.social. Sie warnt aber: Es sei unerlässlich, dass die Mitte-Parteien gesprächs- und kompromissfähig bleiben – das schließe die Union mit ein. 👇 www.progressives-zentrum.org/die-union-bl...

My take on recent developments in German politics: the lessons we can learn from Austria.

Very sad news

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

Reminder that these protests work: - Evidence from Greece: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... - Evidence from Italy: academic.oup.com/poq/article-... - Evidence from France: academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

We believe in the power of civil society!

Es ist eine große Freude, jetzt endlich auch hier auf BlueSky zu sein, der–  wie ich finde – besten Alternative zu X/Twitter. Bitte helft mir, hier Wurzeln zu schlagen mit einem Repost. Danke!

Dear Mr #Merz, dear #CDU, what were you thinking? Who should form the next government with you?

Had a really excellent time at @weareceu.bsky.social in Vienna this past Monday discussing @ankehassel.bsky.social's recent research works on the political economy of growth & welfare with some wonderful colleagues. Engaging and thought-provoking exchanges - thanks so much for hosting us!

Merz takes a big gamble when exploiting the lack of clear majorities in the German parliament today. Instead of forging a consensus with future partners in government, he prompts new red lines. Might backfire badly and not even win the votes he hopes for.

Very cool paper!

Thank you so much, Sebastian, for your kind and thoughtful comments. It was a great workshop. Congratulations to the Karl Polanyi Society, the university of Vienna and CEU for hosting me! @sebdiessner.bsky.social

Back from @weareceu.bsky.social after a wonderful workshop on recent works by @ankehassel.bsky.social in the context of her Karl Polanyi Visiting Professorship, incl. •the much-anticipated 2nd volume of Growth & Welfare with @bpalier.bsky.social •joint work with @donatodc.bsky.social & Martin Höpner

On the discussion, why do progressives lose elections, this is a bookmark of an analysis by the @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/40FjGic

A touching read not least because my mother is at that age and has a rural working class background. Don’t leave it until it’s too late to get to know your mother.