Michael Wohlgemuth

Professor für Politische Ökonomie an der Universität Witten/Herdecke; Stiftung für Staatsrecht und Ordnungspolitik in Liechtenstein.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

KALLAS: There was funny event recently. We had Foreign Ministers' meeting, and one representative from one country made Freudian slip when he said, "There's proposal that Schröder should represent Russia." And I said, "Yes! Schröder should represent Russia. I absolutely agree."

[Michael Wohlgemuth @wohlgemu]

@EkkehardKohler Danke Ekki! So lange her, aber noch immer aktuell. Ernüchternd.

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

The growing inaccessibility of science that you can understand by paying €27.99

[Jan Schnellenbach @schnellenbachj]

Ich treffe viele Studis, die sagen: Prof, mach die Klausur schwieriger, hier laufen viel zu viele von uns herum.

[Michael Wohlgemuth @wohlgemu]

#nokings (but Charles)!

[Acyn @Acyn]

Standing ovation for this line from King Charles: The U.S. Supreme court historical society has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160 supreme court cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances.

[Michael Wohlgemuth @wohlgemu]

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[Acyn @Acyn]

Standing ovation for this line from King Charles: The U.S. Supreme court historical society has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160 supreme court cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances.

[Daniel Eck 🇺🇦 @eckilepsie]

Die »Ruck-Rede«.

In dem berühmten Ausschnitt wird immer vergessen, in welchen Kontext der Bundespräsident seine Worte stellte.

Hier einmal ein etwas erweiterter Ausschnitt; so aktuell, dass es schmerzt beim Zuhören.

[NOUS Network @nous_network]

... 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻", presented by @BernattMaciej, University of Warsaw, and @olinskipiotrek, University of Gdańsk. The event will be moderated by @AnselmKuesters, Centre for European Policy.

Here is the Zoom link:

https://t.co/FB9UECyYAW

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

No greater metaphor for this entire week than Pete Hegseth quoting a fake Bible verse from the movie Pulp Fiction to Pentagon staff.

[Stefan Kolev @OrdoliberalBG]

Herzlichen Dank @olk_julian für die Einladung, gemeinsam mit @MarkusEconomist eine „10-Punkte-Resilienzagenda“ fürs @handelsblatt zu formulieren. Daraus wurde ein 30-seitiges Dokument – Link im Kommentar, die 10 Punkte darunter.
@LEStiftung @PrincetonBCF

[Amit Segal @AmitSegal]

The irony: what gave Viktor Orbán landslide power is now what crushed him—the very district-based electoral system he designed.

In this kind of system, the country is divided into districts, and whoever wins each district takes the seat. That lets a party with a strong, efficient geographic base turn a modest majority into a huge parliamentary edge.

That’s how ~54% of the vote once became ~70% of seats—enough for constitutional change. In Israel, a similar system might’ve given Likud something like 70 seats.

But when it flipped, ~40% left him with barely a quarter of parliament.

As Israel Katz once said: electoral reforms tend to backfire on their authors.

District systems amplify wins—but also losses. When it works, you dominate. When it doesn’t, you’re wiped out.

I wrote a book about it a few years ago. You're welcome to read it if you have trouble falling asleep.

[Europe Elects @EuropeElects]

EU: Hungary’s election likely means that the right-wing PfE will lose a seat in the European Council, leaving it with just one (Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš).

Péter Magyar is set to join 10 of his centre-right EPP colleagues, including German chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

EUCO tracker: https://t.co/uVls453v2O

[Scott Barber @thescottbarber]

Was this study called The Wealth of Nations (1776) by Adam Smith?

[Michael Wohlgemuth @wohlgemu]

"La France a décidé"! Means: I decided that french farmer lobbies representing a tiny minority of French citizens will keep determine European trade policies and prevent welfare gains for millions of citizens /consumers/ producers in Europe and south America. #Mercosur

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

La France a décidé de voter contre la signature de l’accord entre l’Union européenne et les pays du Mercosur.

[Natalie F Danelishen @Chesschick01]

Me filing my taxes next year:

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia that were announced last October. What did the US get in return?
https://t.co/2EPr0GlqiN

[Karen Horn @karenilsehorn]

Ein "Ja" verhindert die so wichtige Wiederkehr der Wirkung des Nachhaltigkeitsfaktors, ist ungerecht und schwächt unsere ohnehin schon fatal flügellahme Volkswirtschaft noch zusätzlich. Welche Abgeordneten wollen das bitte verantworten??? 👇

[Financial Times @FT]

On Sunday more than 80% of those who voted rejected the initiative to impose an inheritance levy on the super-rich https://t.co/2rRZas0xaI

[Thorsten Alsleben 🇩🇪🇮🇱🇺🇦 @BerlinReporter]

Listen to the Science!

[Ralf Fuecks @fuecks]

Nicht verpassen: "Liberalismus neu denken".
Mit: Lars Feld, Karen Horn, Jan Schnellenbach, Karolina Wigura, Thomas Biebricher, Sabine Döring, Tim Krieger, Franziska Brantner, Johannes Winkel
Berlin, 4. November. Anmeldung läuft!