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Statistik Austria @statistik.at · 09/09/2026

Pkw-Neuzulassungen August 2026 (+/- ggü. August 2025) 37,1 % 🌀 Hybrid - Benz./E (+4,9 %) 29,0 % 🔋 Elektro (+46,4 %) 22,4 % 🛢️ Benzin (-14,6 %) 8,0 % ⛽️ Diesel (-28,7 %) 3,5 % 🌀 Hybrid - Dies./E (-39,6 %) 🚗 Gesamt: 21 788 (+1,6 %) ➡️ bit.ly/46Mb7Eq

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

2/3 It is a global trading system that allows, and even rewards, countries that choose to suppress domestic demand in order to make their manufacturing sectors more competitive than those of their trading partners.

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Manuel Oberhuber @manueloberhuber.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Was für ein verrückter Tag in Österreichs Wettergeschichte. Hier die heutigen Höchstwerte: 41,0° Wien Stammersdorf 40,7° Langenlebarn 40,6° St. Pölten 40,4° Bad Deutsch-Altenburg 40,4° Wien Innere Stadt 40,2° Krems 40,2° Langenlois 40,1° Wieselburg 40,0° Gars am Kamp

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Manuel Oberhuber @manueloberhuber.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In Bregenz gibt's heute 36° und damit einen neuen Rekord für die meisten Hitzetage (über 30°) in einem Jahr. Schon 30 solcher 30°-Tage gab es heuer, weitere 7 dürften in dieser Hitzewelle folgen. Krass: Früher (1971-2000) hatte Bregenz im Schnitt 3 (!) Hitzetage pro Jahr - und heuer eben etwa 37.

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Markus Marterbauer @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

In der Bekämpfung der verheerenden Waldbrände in Spanien und Frankreich sind 7 Canadair-Flugzeuge & 2 Helikopter des EU-Zivilschutzprogramms RescEU im Einsatz. Man müsste die EU erfinden, wenn wir sie nicht bereits hätten. Und verbessern und stärken müssen wir sie auch. orf.at/stories/3437...

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Frankreich, Spanien: Über 200.000 Menschen fliehen vor Bränden

Schwere Waldbrände in Frankreich und Spanien haben bis Samstagfrüh bereits mehr als 200.000 Menschen zur Flucht gezwungen. Nach Angaben des französischen Innenministeriums mussten rund 141.000 Mensche...

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Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer @sbaumgartinger.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Interesting blog-post from OECD on Industrial Policies in Small Open Economies (www.oecd.org/en/blogs/202...) "Ind. policy has returned to a world more fragmented, more uncertain and more strategic [...] For small open economies, success is genuinely difficult: it requires being targeted but open..

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Five industrial policy principles for small open economies

For small open economies, openness is both a strength and a vulnerability. Access to global markets, capital, knowledge and technology drives their prosperity, but it also leaves them exposed to shock...

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

Wie schlimm war die #Hitzewelle Ende Juni hierzulande? Ich habe das Gefühl, die Berichterstattung wird dem bislang nicht gerecht. Vielleicht hilft dieses Diagramm? Das sind die Sterbefälle für jeden Tag seit Anfang 2020 – in Rot die Kurve für 2026. datawrapper.dwcdn.net/gvL9c/1

Das Diagramm mit zahlreichen Linien, die rote mit einem enormen Ausschlag im Juni

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Manuel Oberhuber @manueloberhuber.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Der Sonnblick auf 3100m Höhe ist mit heute offiziell ausgeapert. Seit Messbeginn 1938 ist das erst zwei Mal so früh im Jahr passiert (2022 & 2025). Vor dem menschengemachten Klimawandel lagen um diese Zeit im Jahresdurchschnitt (!) noch 3 Meter Schnee.

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

1/9 A very good Adam Tooze explanation of the current state of debate on Chinese imbalances. He is right, by the way, when he dismisses sectoral explanations (I call them “incremental” explanations) for the surge in overall imbalances by noting that... open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

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Chartbook 454: China shock 2.0 and mercantilist-on-mercantilist violence.

At Premier Lǐ Qiáng addressed the plenary opening of “Summer Davos” in Dalian China last week, something unusual happened.

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Hanna Herbst @hhumorlos.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Was haben eigentlich alle, seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen gibt es ständig höchste Temperaturen seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen.

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Sustainability is too often a fair-weather virtue. @sbaumgartinger.bsky.social & @balazspager.bsky.social argue in EPS that vulnerable regions treat green transition as expendable when jobs or investment feel at risk. The real divide is not ambition but anxiety & geography. doi.org/10.1080/0965...

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 17/06/2026

#Spain decoupled electricity from gas 🇪🇸⚡ 2021: gas set prices in 52% of hours 2026: just 9% Amid high gas prices, Spanish power prices held steady, shielding households from an extra €10/month in bills 💹 ember-energy.org/lat...

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Markus Marterbauer @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Österreichs Industrie bleibt auch im Mai trotz der Trumpkrisen auf Wachstumskurs.

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Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at · 13/05/2026

APA-Chef Clemens Pig ist ein echter Profi und jedenfalls kein Parteisoldat - aber kann mir bei Gelegenheit wer erklären, was die Koalition mit der Besetzung der ORF-Direktor·innen zu tun haben könnte? Gar nix vom Finanzamt Braunau gelernt?

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Kenan Dogan Güngör @guengoer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Die Studie zeigt klaren Handlungsbedarf: in Schulen, Jugendarbeit, Familien, digitalen Räumen – und auch innerhalb muslimischer Communities, Verbände und religiöser Autoritäten. Zur Studie: think-difference.com/wp-content/p... Keine Pauschalisierung, Keine Verharmlosung.Prävention. 5/5 Zur Studie:

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 08/05/2026

"Der Straßenstaub in der Stadt entsteht vorwiegend durch den Abrieb von Reifen, Bremsen, Asphalt und Fahrbahnmarkierungen, aus Rostpartikeln von Fahrzeugen sowie durch Verbrennungs- und Treibstoffrückstände in den Abgasen" Autos raus (so gut es geht) aus der Stadt. wien.orf.at/stories/3352...

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Überdurchschnittlich viel Straßenstaub in Wien

In Wien liegt mehr schädlicher Straßenstaub als in anderen Großstädten. Zu diesem Schluss kommt die Geophysikerin Sylwia Klaudia Dytłow nach Probenentnahmen, die sie für die laufende Generalversammlu...

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Luis Paulitsch @luis-paulitsch.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

In einer konzentrierten Aktion unter #WirVerlassenX werden SPD, Grüne und Linke heute öffentlich empfehlen, Elon Musks Plattform zu verlassen und ihr damit die Relevanz zu entziehen. Es wäre auch für die Parteien in 🇦🇹 ein idealer Zeitpunkt, ihre PR-Aktivitäten auf X endlich einzustellen.

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Amid growing China–US rivalry, global trade is becoming more bloc-based: countries aligned with the US (“Western”) and those closer to China (“non-Western”) are increasingly trading within their own group rather than across blocs.

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Markus Marterbauer @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Österreich hat 3. höchste #Forschungsquote der EU (nach Schweden u Belgien): 3,34% des BIP werden in F&E investiert. Zum guten Teil vom Staat, trotz Budgetsanierung. Denn ein erfolgreicher Wirtschaftsstandort basiert auf Grundlagenforschung, Innovation, Qualifikation und den neuesten Technologien.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 16/04/2026

📊 How much do governments spend, and what do they spend it on? In the chart, we see total government spending broken down by purpose, such as health, education, and defense, relative to the size of the economy (as measured by GDP). This is shown for a selection of OECD countries.

Stacked bar chart of government spending by category (social protection, health, education, economic affairs, public services, other, defense) as a share of GDP for a selection of OECD countries, where it compares spending composition and shows totals of 28% to 57% of GDP with an OECD average of 43%. Data source: OECD (2026). License: CC BY to Our World in Data.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Europe's LNG imports have gone from 3% of gas supply in 1990 to nearly 50% today. We replaced Russian pipeline gas with US LNG at record speed. But we replaced one dependency with another. That's why Europe remains so exposed. The answer is transforming demand - not switching suppliers.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 19/02/2026

In Japan, there are approximately two deaths for every birth— Forty years ago in Japan, two babies were born for every person who died. Twenty years ago, these numbers were equal. And today, the ratio has reversed: one baby is born for every two people who die.

In Japan, the number of deaths each year is around twice the number of births

Line chart of annual births and deaths in Japan from 1950 to 2023. Births fall from about 2.4 million in 1950, with a peak near the early 1970s around 2.1 million, then decline steadily to about 750,000 births in 2023. Deaths start near 900,000 in 1950, remain below births through the late 20th century, then rise steadily from the 1990s and cross above births around 2008 to 2010, reaching 1.52 million deaths in 2023. Y-axis labeled in increments from 0 up to 2.5 million. Data source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024). Licensed CC BY.

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Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at · 12/02/2026

Es wird immer irrer. US-Innenminister Doug Burgum: “CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2.”

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I know people want to say something else with this chart, but the striking bit is that exports from Germany to #China have basically stagnated since the end of 2014.

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

German manufacturing shows clear signs of a turnaround as new orders surge. This is good news for Germany and for other countries at the heart of Europe’s industrial core.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.

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gerhard_mangott @gmangott.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Die USA lieferten 2025 57 Prozent der Flüssiggas-Importe (LNG) der EU. Eine solche Abhängigkeit von Trump-USA sollte politisch nicht unbeobachtet bleiben. Diese Dominanz kann und wird als geopolitisches Hebelinstrument genutzt (werden).

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Corinna Milborn @corinnamilborn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Die Zahl der Toten im Iran ist unfassbar. Sogar das Regine selbst spricht von über 5.000. Ärzte von mindestens 16.500 und 330.000 Verletzten. Was für ein schreckliches Massaker, es übersteigt die Vorstellungskraft www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

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Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’

Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests

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Rohan Sandhu @rohansandhu.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

New from @drodrik.bsky.social, Gordon Hanson, and myself: "While global cooperation and national resource mobilization will be necessary to address the challenges we now face, it is local action that offers the most promising path forward." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...

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The Global Economic Transformation Will Be Local

Gordon Hanson, Dani Rodrik and Rohan Sandhu observe that the types of challenges that developed and developing economies face are converging.

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Adrian Monck @amonck.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

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Nils Markwardt @fjmurau.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Was man sich ja auch fragt: Kommt der Leak von Trump-Leuten, die die Ukraine nicht unter den Bus werfen wollen? Oder kommt er von Putin-Leuten, die Witkoff vorführen und einen Deal verhindern wollen. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript

The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Fossil fuel use continues to climb, despite the growth of renewables.

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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

A big shift in technology. The purple bars show the sales of cars powered by combustion engines in China. In green, you see the rise of electric cars in recent years.

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 23/10/2025

In many Germanic languages, the word for 'debt' also means 'guilt'. Cevat Giray Aksoy et al. find that using a guilt-laden term reduces willingness to borrow, lowers approval for government debt, & influences firms' financing plans and the framing of fiscal policy. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Graph showing the evolution of guilt slant over time in German parliamentary speeches concerning debt.
Notes: The green line (left y-axis) shows the intensity of using guilt-connoted terms in speeches supporting public debt, while the red line (left y-axis) shows the same measure for speeches opposing public debt. Intensity measures the frequency of guilt-connoted words in a speech, scaled per 10,000 words. The grey bars (right y-axis) represent the percentage of speeches in favour of public debt in each electoral term.

In many Germanic languages, the word for ‘debt’ also means ‘guilt’. This column explores whether the linguistic overlap leads to greater debt aversion in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. Using a guilt-laden term reduces willingness to borrow, lowers approval for government debt, and influences firms’ financing plans and politicians’ framing of fiscal policy. While support for public debt goes down with use of the laden term, the effect disappears when the purpose of the debt is clear. Linguistic framing may help guide borrowing toward socially optimal levels.

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Simone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🏠 Heat pumps are a key enabler of buildings decarbonisation. After a jump during the energy crisis, their deployment has slowed-down. Reversing this is key for climate, security and competitiveness, as Europe is a leading manufacturer of the technology. See: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

9/9 The real lesson is that good things can be taken to extreme. Too much industrial policy can be just as damaging to an economy as too much indifference to industrial policy. www.ft.com/content/583a...

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America’s rare earth delusion

China’s critical minerals chokepoint has been hiding in plain sight for decades

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Marcus Wadsak @marcuswadsak.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Good news aus Österreich:

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Marcus Wadsak @marcuswadsak.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Es ist jetzt schon sehr klar, dass 2025 sich unter den 3 wärmsten Jahren seit Messbeginn einreihen wird:

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Eva Six @sixev4.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Wer trägt Verantwortung für die Klimakrise? 🌍🔥 Statt Schuld nur bei Konsument:innen zu suchen, nimmt unser Ansatz auch Vermögende in die Pflicht. Mit @nicolasprinz.bsky.social & Judith Derndorfer am @awblog.at 👉 www.awblog.at/klima-energi...

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Verantwortung für die Klimakrise: Reiche und Konzernbesitzer:innen in die Pflicht nehmen

Die Klimakrise ist nicht nur eine ökologische, sondern auch eine soziale Frage: Während weniger wohlhabende Menschen die Folgen wie Hitze oder Überschwemmungen besonders stark spüren, profitieren die ...

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Markus Steen @markussteen.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

PhD position at SINTEF - sustainability transitions (social science) - CCS in waste-to-energy - fully funded 3 years starting Jan 2026 www.finn.no/428930743

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PhD position in Sustainability Transitions – Carbon capture and storage | FINN.no

We are searching for a talented social science candidate to join our Innovation and Sustainability research group as a PhD candidate. The group is a part of

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Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer @sbaumgartinger.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Interesting piece on industrial policy in China "Developed markets are already resisting, the interesting new development is the raft of trade defence measures being put in place by emerging and middle income countries (...) Mexico, India, Vietnam (...) now fear premature deindustrialisation."

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Eva Six @sixev4.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

💸Warum Ausgabenkürzungen in Zeiten großer Herausforderungen–Klimakrise, Demokratieverdrossenheit, schwache Wirtschaft, steigende Arbeitslosigkeit... – keine gute Idee sind, zeigt der deutsche Wirtschaftsweise @achimtruger.bsky.social gemeinsam mit den tollen Budgetexpert:innen der @arbeiterkammer.at

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Marcus Wadsak @marcuswadsak.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Innsbruck erlebte heute den wärmsten September-Tag seit Messbeginn von knapp 250 Jahren.

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The geography of #decarbonisation is uneven: vulnerability clusters, preparedness is patchy, responsiveness varies. @sbaumgartinger.bsky.social, @balazspager.bsky.social & @michaelatrippl.bsky.social address these contrasts in CEE in their new Economic Geography paper. doi.org/10.1080/0013...

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