Mario Holzner
@MarioHolzner
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macro-economist & director @wiiw_ac_at, historian @dshcs_univie, visiting professor @collegeofeurope, policy, econometrics, EU, Central, East & Southeast Europe
Wien, Österreich
Joined October 2012
It was a huge digitisation effort, but finally, @wiiw_ac_at published its pre-1991 data & publications on the COMECON command economies online - free to be downloaded - i.a. together with a new analysis of why the Eastern Block collapsed in the late 1980s
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RT @ITBG_Gmunden: »An meinem Geburtstag will ich / daß alle Vorhänge zugezogen bleiben den ganzen Tag / es wird nicht reagiert / Glückwünsc…
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Reading @CockettRichard's excellent book on "Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World" these days, as the modern world and liberal arts & sciences are under threat by the destructive forces of evil chaos, makes you feel the cold shiver of history run down your spine
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There is progress regarding the construction of high-speed-railway lines in European countries, but there is still little construction across borders, leading to a truly pan-European network... a
The largest number of high-speed railway lines (speed of 250 km/h or more) in the EU in 2023: 🇪🇸Spain with 3 190 km of high-speed lines (+66% from 1 919 km in 2013) 🇫🇷 France with 2 748 km (+35% from 2 036 km) 🇩🇪Germany with 1 163 km (+32% from 881 km) ➡️
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The protests in Serbia as a generational problem and different views about corruption and the way forward... and the (global) issue of how to organise an opposition... 👇👇👇
The protesting students in Serbia receive a lot of attention and support, including from world famous pop icons such as Madonna or Yanis Varoufakis. However, one segment of Serbian society has received little attention: pensioners.
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@BachmannRudi @wstreeckblog Das würde dann noch weitere Aufwertung des Dollars bedeuten und eine weitere Ausweitung des US Handelsbilanzdefizits 😁
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@okuehschelm Im Prinzip ja, aber wenn man sich im Vergleich dazu die wachsenden Kapazitäten der Rüstungsindustrie aller nicht-demokratischen Staaten anschaut...
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RT @heimbergecon: Fantastic macro data source for 243 countries - GDP, inflation, government finance, trade, unemployment, interest rates e…
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RT @wiiw_ac_at: Hot off the press: Our Winter #Forecast for 23 countries in Eastern Europe (#CESEE). Private consumption driving growth, ex…
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Here is the link to the full article - note that the trade effects appear very strong due to the nature of partial equilibrium models and the massive tariff increases involved - net welfare effects are comparable with other recent studies:
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Indeed - it's high time for 🇪🇺 to act - we need a significant joint budget to finance joint activities needed for the very survival of the union... too much time was lost already with unproductive piecemeal...
“Europe can not postpone making decisions any longer” should be made into a billboard in all EU languages and put everywhere. And should be an obligatory screen saver on all laptops and computers of all EU officials. Decisions! - not strategies, road plans, compasses, whatever…
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While, in the end, it wasn't enough by a small margin to proceed further in the tournament. It was still a great victory...
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