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Ben Schroeter

@ben_schroeter

competition economist, optimist, trail runner // tech & policy // building the future of travel @bookingcom // #ForçaBarça & #SVB04 // my opinions

 🇪🇺 Amsterdam (mostly)
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Joined February 2012
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Mary Julia Koch
@MJ_KochOct 19
The riots in France and the anti-Israel protests in the U.S. are part of the same movement. @WSJFreeEx:
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Das ist die Mitgliederliste von @wirtschaftgreen. Liebe Journalisten: Fragt jeden dieser CEOs, wie ernst er „Nie wieder“ nimmt – und warum sein Unternehmen Geld in Parteien steckt, die Antisemitismus tolerieren. #r2g wirtschaftsvereinigung-gruen…
Mitglieder - Wirtschaftsvereinigung der Grünen

Mitglieder - Wirtschaftsvereinigung der Grünen

Foto: znikola / Unsplash Mitglieder 50Hertz Transmission GmbH ABB AG AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG Accenture Dienstleistungen GmbH Airbus Defence and Space GmbH ALBA Europe Holding plc & Co. KG...

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Plus the one moat that has made and maintained more American fortunes than any technical innovation: regulatory capture.
Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) profile pictureNikita Bier
@nikitabierOct 12
Technical moats are mostly over at this point. If you’re building something that is meant to be durable, the only moats now are: • Proprietary data • Network effects • A physical component
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Mistral leaning in on sovereign AI marketing.
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“The EU cannot close the competitiveness gap without deeper and different reforms than those currently under consideration. Brussels needs to reverse course and rethink its onerous technology regulations.”
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@ForeignAffairsSep 30
The European Union’s technology regulations are inadvertently stymying competitiveness and innovation, argues @amcafee. How can Brussels revive the European economy? foreignaffairs.com/europe/eu…
Europe Can’t Get Out of Its Own Way

Europe Can’t Get Out of Its Own Way

The real barriers to competitiveness and innovation are still in place.

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Adding one datapoint: Half of EU tech regulations were proposed in the last five years.
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Patrick Collison (@patrickc) profile picturePatrick Collison
@patrickcSep 24
Some data we recently assembled on entrepreneurship/compute in Europe: eudata.vercel.app. We hope that one of the useful roles that Stripe can play is in collecting and publishing empirical data pertaining to entrepreneurship and industry in Europe. There's growing appetite to get Europe on a better footing, and cross-sectional comparisons can often shine light on where opportunities lie. If you're interested in this kind of thing, we publish more at stripeeconomics.substack.com.
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Frank Schorkopf@FrankSchorkopfSep 10
Die Rechtsgrundlage ist die Binnenmarktkompetenz, Art. 114 AEUV (COM(2026)599) - der Grundsatz der begrenzten Einzelermächtigung (Art. 5 I EUV) ist nur noch ein blasser Erinnerungsort. housing.ec.europa.eu/documen…
Lars P Feld (@Lars_Feld) profile pictureLars P Feld@Lars_FeldSep 9
Seit wann liegt dies im Kompetenzbereich der EU?
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Europe will be a safe haven. We don't allow AI here.
Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) profile pictureJacob Coxon
@hilbertspaessSep 9
I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.
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Justus Haucap@haucapSep 9
Die demokratisch nur recht indirekt und schwach legitimierte EU-Kommission will den Kommunen Europas stärker diktieren, was sie tun dürfen und was nicht. Kompletter Irrsinn!
Frankfurter Allgemeine (@faznet) profile pictureFrankfurter Allgemeine
@faznetSep 9
Die Kommissionspräsidentin der Europäischen Union, Ursula von der Leyen, hat die Wohnungsnot oben auf die Agenda gesetzt. Nun will sie Kommunen Regeln setzen, wie sie in die Wohnungsmärkte eingreifen dürfen. faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/m…
Wohnungsnot in der EU: Brüssel will Zweitimmobilien einschränken

Wohnungsnot in der EU: Brüssel will Zweitimmobilien einschränken

Die Kommissionspräsidentin der Europäischen Union, Ursula von der Leyen, hat die Wohnungsnot oben auf die Agenda gesetzt. Nun will sie Kommunen Regeln setzen, wie sie in die Wohnungsmärkte eingreifen...

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Dutch government take notice #Box3
Ben Moll (@ben_moll) profile pictureBen Moll
@ben_mollSep 4
Taxes on wealth or unrealized capital gains are a bad idea. Not just because of all the well-known implementation issues. But also in theory. Our paper, now forthcoming in Econometrica:
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The EU's Affordable Housing Act just dropped. It allows for significant restriction of property rights, including property acquisition, in areas of housing stress. This represents a massive usurpation of power from EU countries to the EU level.
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The future is here. It‘s just unevenly distributed.
Tesla (@Tesla) profile pictureTesla
@TeslaSep 3
The future has arrived in Austin
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Sawyer Merritt
@SawyerMerrittSep 3
I am currently in downtown Austin. There are @Tesla Cybercabs EVERYWHERE. All of the Cybercabs in these clips have no steering wheels or pedals. Makes the vibe downtown feel so futuristic. Can’t wait for tomorrow! 🤖
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Finally the IMF is speaking out against regulations that impede growth
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Archie Hall
@ArchieHallAug 23
Phenomenal chart of LinkedIn profile retrospective-edits
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@nxthompsonAug 23
People are going into their previous job descriptions on Linkedin and adding "A.I." while removing "D.E.I." and "remote work." nber.org/papers/w35546
Time Travel on Professional Profiles

Time Travel on Professional Profiles

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Matt Grossmann@mattgrossmannAug 19
Can housing policy overcome folk economic errors? Housing advocates have won policy change. But the public doesn't believe that more supply lowers prices & instead wants supplier crackdowns New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with Chris Elmendorf niskanencenter.org/can-housi…
Can housing policy overcome lousy folk economic thinking? - Niskanen Center

Can housing policy overcome lousy folk economic thinking? - Niskanen Center

Christopher Elmendorf finds that housing opinions aren’t just a problem of people wanting fewer renters in their backyard.

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Regression to the mean.
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Should Europeans now complain about the FTC weaponizing antitrust?
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Tom Nuttall@tom_nuttallAug 16
However well intentioned, the anti-AfD Brandmauer policy has begun to warp German politics out of recognition. It may be too late to fix the damage. My essay in @TheEconomist How the firewall broke German politics economist.com/europe/2026/08… – at Berlin, Germany
How the anti-AfD firewall broke German politics

How the anti-AfD firewall broke German politics

A policy designed to keep the far right from office has ended up strengthening it

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