Benedikt Vogt

@benediktvogt.bsky.social

Applied Economist working at the European Central Bank. Previously, BaFin & Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). Views are my own. I like cycling.

It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

Teilt diese sachlichen Fakten, damit Rechte nicht gewinnen! Solidarität mit Dunja Hayali! Abtreibungen seien schlimmer als der Holocaust, prominente schwarze Frauen hätten nicht die nötige „Gehirnkapazität“, um ernst genommen zu werden, und müssten einer „weißen Person den Platz stehlen“, um Erfolg

Si Katy Perry veut vraiment "protéger cette magnifique Terre", elle peut commencer par arrêter de faire la promo de la boîte de tourisme spatial (je passe sur les émissions astronomiques de CO2) d'un milliardaire qui détruit la planète en question. C'est juste une idée comme ça.

Tweet de Variety :
Katy Perry returns from space and kisses the ground. 

“It won’t be about me, it will be about this beautiful Earth," the singer said before the launch. "I think from up there, we will think ‘Oh my God, we have to protect our mother.’"
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/katy-perry-space-launch-what-happened-1236368654/

Teile der CDU möchten, dass man normaler mit der AFD umgeht & ihr z. B. gestattet Ausschüsse zu leiten. Eine Partei die in viele Landesverbänden gesichert rechtsextrem ist und mit faschistischem Führungspersonal. Erschreckend. Man muss grad dann Widerstand leisten, wenn es unbequem wird.

AfD: CDU-Politiker unterstützen Spahns Vorschlag für anderen Umgang mit AfD

Jens Spahn will die AfD im Bundestag normaler behandeln als in den letzten Jahren. Dafür bekommt er Zuspruch von Parteifreunden aus Sachsen und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

zeit.de

NEW: Paris residents are voting in a referendum today on whether an extra 500 of the city's streets should be pedestrianised & greened. "For the past 25 yrs we've gradually been reclaiming public space for pedestrians & gentle traffic, & with 'garden streets' to create lungs within neighbourhoods.”

Paris residents to vote on making 500 more streets pedestrian

Parisians vote in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether an extra 500 of the city's streets should be pedestrianised and greened, in a new push by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

reuters.com

“The university said it had agreed to hire a new internal security force of 36 “special officers” who will be empowered to remove people from campus or arrest them.”

Sybrand Frietema@frietema.bsky.social · 2y ago

Top @columbiauniversity.bsky.social buigt hoofd diep voor Trump en levert academische vrijheid in voor herstel federale financiering. Gleichschaltung anno 2025. “Taken together, the plan reflected a stunning level of deference to the Trump administration from a top private research university.”

"Last week, Vance said foreign students at elite U.S. universities are 'not just bad for national security,' but also 'bad for the American dream, for American kids who want to go to a nice university but can’t because their spot was taken by a foreign student.'" www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope

Some of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.

politico.com

The FTC has pending lawsuits against Amazon, Meta, & Google. Trump is trying to gut the FTC by firing two Democratic commissioners. The NLRB is fighting against Amazon & SpaceX in court for violating workers' rights. Trump tried to gut the NLRB. See the problem here?

#Onderzoek! Fietspaden. Wat hebben ze ons gebracht? 💡 350.000 meer fietsers in het woon-werkverkeer 💡 Kortere woonwerkafstanden voor iedereen (6% gemiddeld). 💡 Compactere steden, we wonen dichter bij elkaar. 💡 Ruimte voor auto's op de weg geruild voor fietspaden, zonder extra files 🧵 1/6

Landkaart van Nederland met de verandering in bevolkingsdichtheid van een situatie zonder naar met fietspaden, afkomstig uit het onderzoeksrapport
Centraal Planbureau@cpbnl.bsky.social · 2y ago

De aanleg van fietspaden zorgt dat meer mensen op de fiets naar werk gaan. De groep forensen die naar werk fietst, stijgt met ongeveer 350.000 fietsers. Ook zijn mensen dichter bij hun werk gaan wonen en zijn steden compacter geworden. Dit blijkt uit nieuw CPB-onderzoek: www.cpb.nl/de-effecten-...