Just in time for the latest oil price spike, we published our article urging the ECB not to hike rates to fight a supply shock. Europe needs a new inflation governance for shockflation. We need disaster preparedness for essentials instead of increasing investment costs. https://t.co/77iEHruBxj #Shockflation #ECB #InflationGovernance #EU
If only we were free to talk about deportation again, we didn’t have a threat from the far right!? Really!? Mainstream parties have been adopting far right talking points on migration for years. Remember what happened in January 2025 when the CDU and AfD voted jointly in https://t.co/z0oNYD4stB #Deportation #FarRight #Migration #DE
Neoliberals portray social security spending as spoiling the people. In fact, it’s democracy’s self-defense. Your dignity should not depend on how much money you make. That’s why we need a mind shift in economics. Social security is the #1 concern for voters in Saxony-Anhalt. https://t.co/J0dwNqps5k #SocialSecurity #EconomicJustice #VoterConcerns #DE
When I started working on public buffer stocks it was a total niche topic. Now it’s a key talking point of @JLMelenchon, possibly the next president of France. Economic disaster preparedness is no luxury. It’s the commitment that every life counts and ought to be protected. #PublicPolicy #EconomicPreparedness #France2022 #FR
Fascism feeds on frustration. 65% of those who voted for the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt are saying their financial situation is bad. The Brandmauer isn’t holding if we stick with status quo economic policies. We need a mind shift in economics to end economic insecurity. https://t.co/7P1FCUoYJ5 #Fascism #EconomicInsecurity #MindShift #DE
It’s affordability, stupid. 89% of voters for the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt say they are worried that prices rise so much that they can’t pay their bills. In fact, food prices are up 34.7% since 2021. Wages are lacking far behind & only rose 14.8%. We need Anti-fascist Economics. https://t.co/5dNXERsFl6 #Affordability #FoodPrices #AntiFascistEconomics #DE
Democratic parties have lost the working class. In Saxony-Anhalt, a staggering 61% of workers voted for the right wing extremist AfD. We need an anti-fascist economics to win workers back. And we need it now. https://t.co/0pM0Nl37gY #AntiFascist #WorkingClass #AfD #DE
Record voter turnout in Saxony Anhalt’s election. According to polls, a far right extremist party could take power for the first time since the Nazi era in a German state. Let’s hope many of those who went out to vote did so to stop this dystopian outcome. https://t.co/nLSu9Gr4VB #SaxonyAnhalt #VoterTurnout #FarRight #DE
Survey evidence points the same way: the amplifier isn't absolute poverty but felt relative deprivation, the sense of being systematically neglected compared to others. And the bitter irony is that AfD policies would cut incomes: ~€1,600 per person per year statewide. 11/ #RelativeDeprivation #AfD #IncomeInequality #DE
Tomorrow, Saxony-Anhalt votes. For the first time since the Nazi era a far-right party could take power in a German state. How did we get here? Economic insecurity, and a sense of futurelessness are key. 🧵 https://t.co/xILgcX32l1 #SaxonyAnhalt #FarRight #PoliticsGermany #DE
Does economic insecurity actually move votes? The causal evidence for example on labor markets says yes. Dippel/Gold/Heblich/Pinto (Economic Journal 2022): trade shocks raise far-right vote shares, and the effect runs through labor-market adjustment. 8/ #EconomicInsecurity #LaborMarkets #FarRightVote #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.
Tomorrow, for the first time since the Nazi era, a right-wing extremist party is expected to become the strongest party in a German state election. How did we get here? Economic insecurity and a sense of futurelessness are key. 🧵 https://t.co/A9yIoKae5e #Germany #RightWingExtremism #StateElections #DE
You are incredible! The book presentation was sold out within hours after my first post. Thank you for the overwhelming interest! This gives me hope, and one of the central messages of "Anti-fascist Economic Policy" is that we must maintain hope. (translated)
In Saxony-Anhalt, for the first time since the post-war period, a far-right party threatens to gain the majority. Their slogan: Everything is possible. For too long, Democrats have left the alternative to the status quo to the far-right. That's why I have antifascist... (translated)
One of the flagship companies of the German car industry, yes the one that is in deep crisis because it didn’t realize that we were at the verge of an e-Vehicle revolution, spends 1 billion to buy back its own stocks instead of investing in catching up with Chinese companies. #EVRevolution #GermanAutoIndustry #InvestmentChoices #DE #CN
We are witnessing a shock redistribution from the many to the rich: The profit share is at its highest level since WWII. The first bump was sellers’ inflation which ushered in Trump. The second bump is Trump’s chaos casino designed to push up profits. https://t.co/EgfBtz4JgK #WealthInequality #EconomicDisparity #TrumpAdministration #US
AI will do to minds what the decline in manual labor did to bodies. The privileged few will keep exercising their minds with literature, art and science, just like they kept exercising their bodies despite escalators, elevators and desk work. The many will suffer something akin #AI #Inequality #FutureOfWork #None
Around the world, we are witnessing disaster capitalism on steroids. It’s no longer just the security-adjacent industries but whole swathes of the corporate sector thriving on increasingly frequent emergencies. @NaomiAKlein saw this coming in Shock Doctrine — a huge inspiration https://t.co/oLaEne2AY7 #DisasterCapitalism #ShockDoctrine #CorporateGreed #Therearenospecificcountriesmentionedinthetweet.Thus #theresponseshouldbe:
The obvious choice for Democrats concerned about electability is to embrace socialism. 60% of Democrats are now holding positive views of socialism, an all time high. https://t.co/1cGEXM3cH4 #Socialism #Democrats #Electability #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.
The alternative is an affordability policy that ensures a dignified life for all and combines short time measures with the structural change needed to secure the material basis of our livelihoods and ultimately safeguard democracy. #Affordability #DignifiedLife #SecureDemocracy #Therearenospecificcountrycodesmentionedinthetweet.
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