Max Krahé

@maxkrahe.bsky.social

Co-founder & director Dezernat Zukunft. Democracy/capitalism, 1970s, now finding my way into geoeconomics. Previously postdoc at The New Institute (Hamburg), PhD (Political Science) Yale. Website: www.maxkrahe.com

Great @ft.bsky.social series on the single market. But the problem isn’t weak baker mobility, it’s weak tech investment/scale-up capital. Focus should be on fixing the latter, not on bulldozing (non-digital) service barriers, which are highly politically sensitive. www.ft.com/content/536a...

The lone bread maker: Europe’s half-baked single market in services

EU countries remain reluctant to recognise qualifications from elsewhere in the bloc, causing one of many barriers to growth

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Look forward to discussing the German export model with Wolfgang Münchau. Do tune in in case of interest (the event will be in German).

Forum New Economy@forumneweconomy.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📉 Vom Exportwunder in die Krise? Über die Schattenseiten des deutschen Wirtschaftsmodells diskutieren wir mit Wolfgang Münchau @eurobriefing.bsky.social und @sandertordoir.bsky.social am Montagnachmittag. 🗓️ 18. August 2025, 16 Uhr Hier geht´s zur Anmeldung 🔗 Zoom: tinyurl.com/mrxrpzvk

Deal ja, Gewissheit nein: unser Take zur 🇪🇺-🇺🇸 Einigung im Zollstreit. dezernatzukunft.org/deal-ja-gewi... Zunächst: Entgegen der breiten Kritik ist es kein schlechter Deal. Vier Gründe: a. 30, 50% Zölle, NATO-Entkernung, UKR Fallenlassen standen alle im Raum, sind (zunächst) abgewendet.

Deal ja. Gewissheit? Nein. - Dezernat Zukunft

Ursula von der Leyen und Donald Trump haben sich im Zollstreit geeinigt. Diese Einigung ist nicht schlecht. Ob sie hält, ist aber unklar. Und sie verdeutlicht erneut, wie dünn das Eis geworden ist, au...

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And a last thread on the @ecb.europa.eu Strategy Assessment for today (the previous two linked at the end): five nuggets & implications from the analytical side (housing, R*, new activity indicator, energy transition, modelling suite). 1/6

As geopolitics gets (regrettably) hotter and hotter, what is the currency side of it all? Should we seek a more intl €? If so, how? Come discuss these questions in Brussels, 24.6., 13h30-15h00, with @shahinvallee.bsky.social, Eric Monnet & Agnieszka Smolenska! Register & more details 👇

Ludovic Suttor-Sorel@lsuttorsorel.bsky.social · last yr.

1/ 🧵 Is this Europe’s “global euro moment”? With the US dollar’s dominance wobbling, could the euro step onto the global stage? And if so: → What would it take? → What are the trade-offs? → Are EU institutions ready? A timely debate coming up 👇

1/ 🧵 Is this Europe’s “global euro moment”? With the US dollar’s dominance wobbling, could the euro step onto the global stage? And if so: → What would it take? → What are the trade-offs? → Are EU institutions ready? A timely debate coming up 👇

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I can’t help but scratch my head at the anti-green, deregulation rhetoric currently circulating in Germany. Rationalising regulations, like supply chain reporting, makes sense — but halting investments is self-defeating for the West’s key clean tech hub. Let's review a few facts. 1/4