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Anke Hassel

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Professor of Public Policy, Hertie School, working on issues of comparative political economy, future of work, welfare and economic policy

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Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Dec 26

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

Shielding competitiveness: Germany’s wage policy during the inflation shock years in comparative perspective - Martin Höpner, Donato Di Carlo, Anke Hassel, 2024

We analyse wage developments in Germany during the inflation shock years of 2021–2023 from three perspectives: cost of living, supply-side cost pressure, and re...

journals.sagepub.com

Reposted by Gérard Govers, Anke Hassel, Aurélien Eyquem

Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social · Jan 11

Coupling and Fertility are Falling.

In Finland, Mexico, Peru, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey and the US, both are going down.

Superb column by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social

A must-read for anyone interested in why fertility is falling, and how to respond.

🧵

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Einstein Foundation Berlin @einsteinberlin.bsky.social · Apr 30

#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)

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Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Apr 24

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!

Manuela Moschella @manuelamoschella.bsky.social · Apr 24

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

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Manuela Moschella @manuelamoschella.bsky.social · Apr 24

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

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · Apr 20

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...

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 30

Berlin street art

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 30

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada

Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

www.theguardian.com

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 30

We should strengthen our partnerships with the US and with scholars in difficult places, uphold our standards and realize how fragile our institutions really are.

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 30

I do not want to encourage anyone to leave their country to find refuge in Europe for our own gain, even though it is tempting. We need to find ways to maintain academic freedom and freedom of expression wherever we are.

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 30

We should be in full solidarity with our colleagues in US universities in these days. It must be incredibly hard to navigate the pressure and protect these institutions that still produce the best research, faculty and students in the world. www.ft.com/content/d95c...

Professors sue Trump administration over Columbia University overhaul

Legal challenge reflects concerns over pressure on US academic freedom and freedom of speech

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 29

merci!

Reposted by Anke Hassel, Giovanna Mascheroni, Andrea Iaboni

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · Mar 25

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

An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 24

Absolutely right!

Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Mar 24

Such a complicated topic deserves better than silly columns by pundits.

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst

The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

www.theguardian.com

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Mar 24

Such a complicated topic deserves better than silly columns by pundits.

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst

The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Anke Hassel, Kurt Vandaele

Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · Mar 21

📣 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

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 21

It seems that Europe needs to have a response to authoritarianism in US higher education beyond poaching their professors. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump is setting the US on a path to educational authoritarianism

While we watch students getting handcuffed, vague new guidelines create a culture of fear over teaching our history

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Anke Hassel, Nicole Deitelhoff

Das Progressive Zentrum @dpzberlin.bsky.social · Mar 20

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/...

Titel: Wir sind nicht allein: Wie Deutschland und Europa die Abkehr der USA für die eigene Stärke und eine neue Form der internationalen Partnerschaftlichkeit nutzen können. Portraits der fünf Autor:innen

Reposted by Koen Frenken, Anke Hassel, Michele Ford

Kurt Vandaele @kurtvandaele.bsky.social · Mar 19

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

The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work

‘Bringing together leading voices, this Companion offers a critical and forward-looking analysis of how to regulate the industry''s impact on work and workers. With insightful case studies and expert ...

www.e-elgar.com

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 10

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).

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Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · Mar 10

Join us for forthcoming British & Comparative Political Economy online seminars with

@ankehassel.bsky.social
@vapunkt.bsky.social
Mark Blyth
@quinnslobodian.com

👇

Valentina Ausserladscheider @vapunkt.bsky.social · Mar 10

📢 Next week is our first seminar of the @psabcpe.bsky.social online series with fantastic @ankehassel.bsky.social talking about Growth Strategies And Welfare Reforms: How Nations Cope With Economic Transitions💡Please sign up 💻 & share widely ‼️

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 10

spot on!

Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · Mar 10

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.

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

Heavy Industry Is Europe’s Trump Card

The continent has an upper hand in its looming security competition with the United States.

foreignpolicy.com

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Mar 10

plus the suitcase doesn’t fall over!

Reposted by Anke Hassel, Mark Edele

Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · Mar 10

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...

Heavy Industry Is Europe’s Trump Card

The continent has an upper hand in its looming security competition with the United States.

foreignpolicy.com

Reposted by Anke Hassel

Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social · Mar 9

My latest, with a brilliant illustration by Ben Hickey:

on.ft.com/3XAhTcc

America needs a serious opposition

[FREE TO READ] Democrats should spend less time on gimmicks and more on communicating what they actually stand for

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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · Mar 3

A report commissioned by the German defense ministry says Beijing could purposefully delay wind projects, harvest sensitive data and remotely shut down turbines if given access to wind farms.

www.politico.eu/article/chin...

China could blackmail Germany via wind turbines, report warns

A government-backed analysis seen by POLITICO argues Beijing could remotely shut down wind farms unless Germany bans its suppliers.

www.politico.eu

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FEPS Europe @feps-europe.eu · Feb 28

🇩🇪 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...

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Feb 28

I wrote a piece on the German elections for @feps-europe.eu feps-europe.eu/the-spds-dra...

The SPD's dramatic defeat raises major questions for progressive politics in Germany - Foundation for European Progressive Studies

The decline of social-democratic parties in Western Europe is not new, but it often marks […]

Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · Feb 24

In Berlin, the Linke has the highest vote share and the SPD came fifth. SPD did not win a single district.

Reposted by Anke Hassel, Brandon Valeriano

Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · Feb 23

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

Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy

Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy [Farrell, Henry, Newman, Abraham] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy

Reposted by James Allan, Anke Hassel

Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · Feb 23

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”.