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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 20h

INEM has a LinkedIn Page now. Please consider following it if you want to connect with scholars exploring the philosophy and methodology of economics worldwide www.linkedin.com/company/inte...

International Network for Economic Method | LinkedIn

International Network for Economic Method | 3 followers on LinkedIn. A global network for the philosophy and methodology of economics. | The International Network for Economic Method (INEM) seeks to p...

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Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay @mdtremblay.bsky.social · 2d

You might have missed great book reviews in the latest issues of EJHET.
In 32(4), Tribe, Le Chapelain, Marcuzzo, @ivan-moscati.bsky.social @massaf.bsky.social reviewed books by Drakopoulos & Katselidis, Mosca, Garegnani, Zappia, and @vhalsmayer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3...

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volume 32, Issue 4 of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 10d

New working paper (with @timkriegerfr.bsky.social): "How to Address the Deficit-Populism Double Bind? A Contemporary Ordoliberal Perspective" www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) How to Address the Deficit-Populism Double Bind? A Contemporary Ordoliberal Perspective

PDF | This article examines the “deficit–populism double bind” faced by liberal democracies. Mounting deficits restrict governments’ ability to act,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...

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Ivan Moscati @ivan-moscati.bsky.social · 13d

Save the Date: JUNE 8–12, 2026.

Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics.
Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy.

Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan.

More information forthcoming.

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@rseri.me

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 22d

This coming April, Mario Rizzo and I will host a workshop at NYU:

"Rethinking Behavioral Economics and Policy: Current Challenges and New Directions"

📍 New York University
📅 April 9–10, 2026

More information about the workshop and on how to submit abstracts: www.ibppa.org/nyu-ibppw

NYU IBPPW | IBPPA

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Sep 4

New article (OA!) published in Constitutional Political Economy: I explore Frank Knight’s idea of freedom as self-constitution, the risks of adaptation, and the role of public discussion in liberal societies.

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Agency, adaptation, and discussion in liberal societies: Lessons from Frank H. Knight - Constitutional Political Economy

This article examines some of the distinct features of Frank H. Knight’s liberalism. While acknowledging the necessity of markets and competition, Knight critiques their potential to shape people’s pr...

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Sep 2

New blog post alert! I argue that recommender systems simplify choices and surface personalized content but also leverage behavioral biases in ways that undermine users’ autonomy and thus call for (nuanced) public policies bppblog.com/2025/09/02/a...

Algorithms and Autonomy: Regulating Recommender Systems

Discover how recommender systems impact autonomy and choices online, and explore potential regulatory solutions to protect user preferences.

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koenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · Aug 11

Games help us understand life, @annieduke.com tells @jennygrankin.bsky.social—the best games involve the two things that characterize life and provide the context for the decisions we make—skill, and luck:

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Jul 10

It’s finally out! Our paper on Hayekian Psychological Economics is published in JEM. We argue that Hayek’s theoretical psychology offers valuable insights into learning processes, often overlooked by the heuristics-and-biases tradition in behavioral economics www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EUZIF...

Hayekian psychological economics: expectations and learning

This article argues that Friedrich Hayek’s theoretical psychology provides original insights for the discussion of a series of phenomena in economics. By discussing Hayek’s framework, the limitatio...

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Jul 2

Might be of interest to @lklades.bsky.social @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social
@judithfavereau.bsky.social @becklukas.bsky.social
@silviamil.bsky.social @alexhortal.bsky.social

Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Jul 2

New working paper on a 'hot' topic in @bppjournal.bsky.social: "Personalized Nudging and the Optimality Problem"
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Personalized Nudging and the Optimality Problem

PDF | Personalized nudging has been proposed to address the 'one-size-fits-all' limitation of traditional nudge and account for heterogeneity in... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Jun 20

@rajivsethi.bsky.social @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social @nyayacarya.bsky.social @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social @lklades.bsky.social @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social @judithfavereau.bsky.social @becklukas.bsky.social @silviamil.bsky.social @alexhortal.bsky.social @cherfeld.bsky.social @erikangner.com

Bluesky

This is a heavily interactive web application, and JavaScript is required. Simple HTML interfaces are possible, but that is not what this is.

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Jun 20

This issue marks the launch of a new section in @bppjournal.bsky.social: "Political Economy of Behavioral Public Policy," edited by yours truly. The aim is to deepen reflection on BPP’s normative and methodological foundations, with particular attention to the history of thought

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Jun 20

The complete issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Behavioural Public Policy : Volume 9 - Issue 3 | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - Behavioural Public Policy - Volume 9 - Issue 3

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Jun 20

Just published the introductory essay to an issue (OA! 😀) of @bppjournal.bsky.social I've been co-editing in honor of Mario Rizzo; with articles by Adam Oliver, Gerd Gigerenzer, Shaun Hargreaves Heap, George Loewenstein, Nick Chater, and Cass Sunstein, among others www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Process, rationality and human wellbeing | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core

Process, rationality and human wellbeing - Volume 9 Issue 3

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Jonathan Leader Maynard @jleadermaynard.bsky.social · Jun 10

We’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-...

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...

AEP Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods

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koenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · Jun 3

AI can reinforce biases, amplify overconfidence, and mislead. It can also enhance human reasoning, improve efficiency, and even help us make better decisions.

The difference is how we engage with it, argues Matt Grawitch:

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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · May 11

Essential democracy reading: How will we know when we have lost our democracy? By Steven Levitsky, @lucanway.bsky.social, and @dziblatt.bsky.social. Gift link ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy? (Gift Article)

And how exactly can we tell whether America has crossed the line?

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Mar 27

New working paper: A BRIEF HISTORY OF NORMATIVITY IN BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS. We discuss different interpretations of “irrational” behavior and how these interpretations led to different policy ideas over the last few decades www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) A Brief History of Normativity in Behavioural Economics

PDF | Behavioural economics is mostly known as a field at the intersection of psychology and economics that studies how people actually make decisions.... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Mar 26

Thanks @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social for putting this special issue together!

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Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · Mar 26

New article out! @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social and I explore different notions of autonomy in behavioral public policy, highlighting the role of public deliberation in fostering autonomy as self-constitution—the capacity to reflect critically on one's goals, aspirations, and identity rdcu.be/ee730

Individual autonomy and public deliberation in behavioral public policy

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Individual autonomy and public deliberation in behavioral public policy

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Ivan Boldyrev @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social · Mar 24

Happy and proud to announce that the 17th History of Recent Economics Conference will happen at Radboud University, 23-24 October 2025!
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