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Jürgen Janger
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Economist at @wifo.bsky.social Austrian Institute of Economic Research. Working on Innovation & Science.

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · Sep 13
Wir skizzieren zwei mögliche Wege für Inflationsreduktion BudgetSanierung und konjunkturbelebung. Durch freiwillige Abkommen und breite Reformpakete kann es viel schneller gehen.

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · 4h
One area of financial innovation that I fully support

www.ft.com/content/b060... Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening US control of money, economists warn
Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening US control of money, economists warn
Academics including France’s Thomas Piketty press MEPs to resist ‘shortsighted’ lobbying against the project
www.ft.com

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · 10h
Fully agree

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 10h
Very good from Antonin et al

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...
Europe Does Not Lack Capital - It Lacks Scale
Antonin Bergeaud, André Loesekrug-Pietri and Jean Tirole show that the biggest barrier to the sector’s development is structural, not financial.
www.project-syndicate.org

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2d
Europe controls 11 of the 15 tankers keeping Russia's biggest LNG terminal alive.

Yamal earned €7.2 billion last year — enough to fund 240,000 Shahed drones.

Britain is banning its six ships. Greece operates five more with no restrictions.

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · 4d
Very good article on the high negative medium-term costs of the policy decisions in 2025, even if short-term damage was limited - akin to Brexit.
"The reality is that 2025 was a year when everything changed."

www.ft.com/content/9c82...
Don’t be fooled — everything has changed for the global economy
Damage caused by US tariffs has so far been muted but that won’t last
www.ft.com

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 12d
The Russian lie of the attack on Putin‘s residence is just one of the many reasons why there will be never a document which will secure freedom and peace. We have seen this in multiple shapes and forms as seen in the Budapest Memorandum, the Minsk agreements etc.

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 17d
This is years before the war started and should remind us once again that Putin always wanted to take Ukraine. It also says that this war will never end with Putin in the Kremlin. It will go on until he is removed, permanently, and Russia fully dislodged. Everything else is just noise.

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · 19d
Studie zu schlüsseltech mit Hinweis auf Bildungsmängel hier 2/2

www.wifo.ac.at/publication/...
Schlüsseltechnologien – Position und Potenzial Österreichs
www.wifo.ac.at

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · 19d
viele gute Vorschläge. 6jährige Volksschule ähnlich CH/UK, ein Fach Science, mehr Digitales (statt 2h in gesamter Oberstufe - darauf haben wir in Studie zu Schlüsseltech hingewiesen), mittlere Reife (ähnlich GCSE UK). Ganztagesschule&Polyreform braucht es noch 1/2

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Wiederkehr: "Biologie, Chemie und Physik könnte man gemeinsam in einem Fach unterrichten"
Die Regierung plant ein gemeinsames Fach "Medien und Informatik", Bildungsminister Christoph Wiederkehr kann sich auch weitere Bündelungen vorstellen
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 19d
Europe’s holiday wish?

More speed, more options, more time for YOU.

While many are winding down, Europe is gearing up: a major high-speed rail plan is set to transform travel by 2040.

Here’s what’s coming ↓
A watercolour-style illustration depicting a sleek, red and white high-speed train, labelled "EU Holiday Express in the making," speeding out of a swirling, abstract representation of the blue European Union flag with its yellow stars. In the background, there are snow-covered Christmas trees and picturesque, snow-dusted houses. The EU logo is also visible in the bottom right corner.

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The Economist @economist.com · 20d
Western carmakers are coming up against fast-growing Chinese electric-vehicle brands all over the world. Those that slow down production risk giving their competitors an unassailable lead
Retreating from EVs could be hazardous for Western carmakers
Governments are tempting a shift back to petrol
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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · 20d
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Ukraine: Bilder aus einem kriegsgeplagten Land
Die Ukraine steht vor dem bisher härtesten Winter seit Beginn des russischen Angriffskrieges im Jahr 2022. Auch fernab der Front hinterlässt der Krieg tiefe Spuren. ORF.at hat sich bei einer Reise in ...
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WIFO @wifo.bsky.social · 24d
#BreakingNews: "Österreichs Wirtschaft sieht Licht am Ende des Tunnels. 2025 wächst das BIP um 0,5%. 2026 sollten es 1,2% und 2027 1,4% werden." @gfelbermayr.bsky.social 1/12 www.wifo.ac.at/news/oester...

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · 25d
Die Tagespresse fasst es wie immer am besten zusammen: “Europa positioniert sich als globaler Innovationsführer für das späte Biedermeier.”
dietagespresse.com/veggie-burge...
Veggie-Burger verboten, Verbrenner erlaubt: EU gut gerüstet für 19. Jahrhundert
Durch das Veggie-Verbot und dem Festhalten am Verbrennungsmotor positioniert sich Europa als Innovationsführer für das späte Biedermeier.
dietagespresse.com

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 25d
Natural gas prices in Europe have all but returned to normal since Russia's full scale war in Ukraine. In fact, the only reason for the spike in 2021 and 2022 has been Russia's energy war against Europe, which started even before the full scale invasion of Ukraine. The numbers clearly say that.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 26d
Well, this is an utter disaster for science.

This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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Science in reviewing grant proposals. The changes permit as few as one outside review rather than the current minimum of three, end the routine use of expert panels to discuss those individual reviews, and give program managers greater authority to recommend which proposals should or should not be funded. They are described in an internal 1 December staff memo that Science has obtained and mentioned briefly in an update to NSF's grantmaking manual posted on 8 December. A major reason for the smaller staff is the elimination of hundreds of so-called rotators, scientists on loan from academia who served as program managers as well as higher level administrators. Their absence, combined with the new review policy, represent a major change in how NSF

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · 27d
Das bitte nicht verbocken. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Wird der Informatikunterricht ausgehebelt? Massive Kritik an Plänen für neues Schulfach
An der AHS-Oberstufe soll ein Fach "Medien und Informatik" eingeführt werden. Informatik-Fachleute warnen, dass Österreich bei der Digitalisierung zurückgeworfen wird
www.derstandard.at

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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · Dec 11
An 11-year-old boy, disfigured by a russian missile, orphaned, forced through 36 surgeries, is speaking in 🇪🇺 Parliament asking us not to give up.

If this child refuses to surrender to the moscow-centered terrorist enterprise, what excuse do the rest of us have?

russia won’t stop, we must stop it!

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · Dec 9
Warum baut @wienenergie.bsky.social eigentlich nicht mehr Windräder auf der Donauinsel? Gefühlt weht dort ständig der Wind... @chairnohorsekey.bsky.social ?

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Auf Druck der FPÖ: Kärnten baut kaum neue Windräder – und importiert lieber Strom aus dem Ausland
Das Bundesland begrenzt neue Windräder auf fast null, trotz Winterstromlücke. Skeptische Töne kommen auch von unerwarteter Seite
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · Dec 8
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · Dec 2
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · Nov 28
A Must read. Somehow I get the impression that Europe should get more focused on technology and innovation

on.ft.com/48k2aTh Is China winning the innovation race?
Is China winning the innovation race?
Once the world’s factory, Beijing’s relentless focus on R&D means the country has become the world’s laboratory
on.ft.com

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · Nov 27
A must read for whoever wants to understand how to make peace between Russia and Ukraine. "A true peace must reduce the likelihood that the aggressor will resume or expand its violence; it cannot strengthen his hand while weakening the victim’s."

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HC Strien @hcstrien.bsky.social · Nov 26
Kluge Gedanken von MarkHertling (pensionierter US-General), originell verpackt
www.thebulwark.com/p/letter-fro...
A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio
Channeling the author of ‘On War’ on the U.S. pursuit of peace in Ukraine.
www.thebulwark.com

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Georg Renner @georgrenner.istdaswichtig.at · Nov 26
Düster.
"It is now increasingly hard to see how Europe, in particular, can avoid large-scale protection if it is to retain any industry at all."
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China is making trade impossible
Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
on.ft.com

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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · Nov 24
Brexit war ein ökonomisches Disaster ersten Ranges, as predicted. Bis 2025 minus 6-8% BIP, -12 bis -18% bei Investitionen, Beschäftigung -3 bis -4%, Produktivität -3 bis -4%. Ich hoffe, alle anderen Länder ziehen ihre Schlüsse daraus. @ho2604.bsky.social @gfelbermayr.bsky.social

on.ft.com/47YTi6P
How to get the UK out of its economic hole
Reeves’ challenge is to remedy the disaster that Brexit has been for the country
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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · Nov 24
Neue Regeln: Die Forschungsprämie wird reformiert
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Neue Regeln: Die Forschungsprämie wird reformiert
Unternehmen müssen ab 2026 strengere Kriterien, klare Dokumentation und präzisere Abgrenzungen beachten, um weiterhin von der Förderung zu profitieren
www.derstandard.at

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Sabine Fischer @sabfis3.bsky.social · Nov 23
Würde sich die US-Regierung damit durchsetzen, käme dies einer Belohnung für Angriffskrieg und Genozid gleich.

Erklärung der Deutsch-Ukrainischen Gesellschaft @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social zu #Trumps „Friedensplan“.

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Kein Wegducken mehr: Es geht um Europas Überleben - Deutsch-Ukrainische Gesellschaft
Europa muss nun endlich Führung übernehmen. Tun wir das nicht, verliert Europa seine beste Sicherheitsgarantie: die Ukraine.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Nov 20
We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
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Jürgen Janger @juergenjanger.bsky.social · Nov 20
@dealroom.bsky.social published the deep-tech spinouts report 2025.
A depressing result for Austria, its universities are nowhere to be seen.

dealroom.co/reports/euro...