daniel f stone
@dfstone.bsky.social
Behavioral economist at Bowdoin College. Interested in beliefs, sports, media, polarization, socially responsible capitalism. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047500/undue-hate/
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Great! More than happy to discuss, don't hesitate to let me know of any questions/thoughts. Re other UG friendly readings, you've probably considered this already but Ezra Klein's book is an obvious one that comes to mind, covers a lot of research up to when it was published pretty well
December 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Great! More than happy to discuss, don't hesitate to let me know of any questions/thoughts. Re other UG friendly readings, you've probably considered this already but Ezra Klein's book is an obvious one that comes to mind, covers a lot of research up to when it was published pretty well
An open access undergrad friendly book on this topic (that uses a particular lens), for what it's worth :)
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Undue Hate: A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Hostile Polarization in US Politics and Beyond
How to understand the mistakes we make about those on the other side of the political spectrum—and how they drive the affective polarization that is tearin
direct.mit.edu
December 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
An open access undergrad friendly book on this topic (that uses a particular lens), for what it's worth :)
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Yes... The existence of the college admissions consulting industry is also pretty clear evidence of this (only wealthy people can afford it - and they wouldn't pay if it didn't work - and it doesn't work by improving test scores/grades... though of course $ can be used to improve these too)
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Yes... The existence of the college admissions consulting industry is also pretty clear evidence of this (only wealthy people can afford it - and they wouldn't pay if it didn't work - and it doesn't work by improving test scores/grades... though of course $ can be used to improve these too)
Yas! Maybe Kahneman's most underrated contribution. Cool project supporting these: web.sas.upenn.edu/adcollabproj...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yas! Maybe Kahneman's most underrated contribution. Cool project supporting these: web.sas.upenn.edu/adcollabproj...