Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 10/12/2025New article with @timkriegerfr.bsky.social on the “deficit–populism double bind”. We argue for a contemporary ordoliberal reform agenda to ease fiscal pressure, curb populism, and revive positive-sum politics in liberal democracies. lnkd.in/eRC28ytNlnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 041
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 09/12/2025🎓 Call for applications – 4th Lake Como INEM Summer School in Philosophy of Economics, Villa del Grumello (Como), 7–12 June 2026. Open to PhD students, young scholars & advanced MA students. Deadline 31 Jan 2026. More information: phileco4.lakecomoschool.org 021
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Happy that my article w Ivan Mitrouchev "From heuristics and biases to agency” is out in Mind & Society. We trace how behavioral economics’ normative benchmarks evolved and argue for more agency-centered, co-created standards in behavioral public policy link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comFrom heuristics and biases to agency - Mind & SocietyMind & Society - Behavioural economics in the heuristics-and-biases tradition of Kahneman and Tversky is best known for explaining how people actually make decisions. However, less attention... 021
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 08/10/2025INEM 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...linkedin.comInternational Network for Economic Method | LinkedInInternational 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... 010
Reposted by Malte DoldMaxime Desmarais-Tremblay @mdtremblay.bsky.social · 07/10/2025You 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...tandfonline.comThe European Journal of the History of Economic ThoughtVolume 32, Issue 4 of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 1104
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 29/09/2025New working paper (with @timkriegerfr.bsky.social): "How to Address the Deficit-Populism Double Bind? A Contemporary Ordoliberal Perspective" www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) How to Address the Deficit-Populism Double Bind? A Contemporary Ordoliberal PerspectivePDF | 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 ... 021
Reposted by Malte DoldIvan Moscati @ivan-moscati.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Save 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. @catemar.bsky.social @rseri.me 0149
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 17/09/2025This 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-ibppwibppa.orgNYU IBPPW | IBPPA 021
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 04/09/2025New 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. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comAgency, adaptation, and discussion in liberal societies: Lessons from Frank H. Knight - Constitutional Political EconomyThis 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... 000
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 02/09/2025New 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...bppblog.comAlgorithms and Autonomy: Regulating Recommender SystemsDiscover how recommender systems impact autonomy and choices online, and explore potential regulatory solutions to protect user preferences. 010
Reposted by Malte Doldkoenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Games 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: buff.ly/yMQsF7u 065
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 10/07/2025It’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...tandfonline.comHayekian psychological economics: expectations and learningThis 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... 051
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 02/07/2025New working paper on a 'hot' topic in @bppjournal.bsky.social: "Personalized Nudging and the Optimality Problem" www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) Personalized Nudging and the Optimality ProblemPDF | 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... 130
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Just 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...cambridge.orgProcess, rationality and human wellbeing | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge CoreProcess, rationality and human wellbeing - Volume 9 Issue 3 1136
Reposted by Malte DoldJonathan Leader Maynard @jleadermaynard.bsky.social · 10/06/2025We’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-...kcl.ac.ukAEP Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods 22025
Reposted by Malte Doldkoenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · 03/06/2025AI 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: buff.ly/ltIT2ot 042
Reposted by Malte DoldProtect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 11/05/2025Essential 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...nytimes.comOpinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy? (Gift Article)And how exactly can we tell whether America has crossed the line? 68936
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 27/03/2025New 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/...researchgate.net(PDF) A Brief History of Normativity in Behavioural EconomicsPDF | 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... 021
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 26/03/2025New 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/ee730rdcu.beIndividual autonomy and public deliberation in behavioral public policyHumanities and Social Sciences Communications - Individual autonomy and public deliberation in behavioral public policy 241
Reposted by Malte DoldIvan Boldyrev @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Happy and proud to announce that the 17th History of Recent Economics Conference will happen at Radboud University, 23-24 October 2025! hisreco.wordpress.com/2023/06/21/c... 12216
Reposted by Malte DoldRajiv Sethi @rajivsethi.bsky.social · 23/03/2025On the Columbia capitulation open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...open.substack.comThe Lion Hath RoaredThere’s one important piece of information that should be kept in mind as we think about what lies ahead for American higher education. 054
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Kahneman’s tryst with reasonableness: a tease unfulfilled? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgKahneman’s tryst with reasonableness: a tease unfulfilled? | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge CoreKahneman’s tryst with reasonableness: a tease unfulfilled? - Volume 9 Issue 2 010
Reposted by Malte DoldPomona College @pomonacollege.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Solomon Salim Moore, academic curator, at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, talks in @nytimes.com about growing up in Altadena. Bobby Bradford, a former lecturer in music at Pomona, is also mentioned in the story. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/a...nytimes.comWhy Did It Take a Fire for the World to Learn of Altadena’s Black Arts Legacy?As Frieze Los Angeles shines a spotlight on art in the city, one community, long facing institutional apathy, calls for marking its memories in the public mind. 011
Reposted by Malte DoldMark Fabian @markfabian.bsky.social · 23/02/2025@maltedold.bsky.social has written a very generous review of my book for Utilitas: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgMark Fabian, A Theory of Subjective Wellbeing (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022), pp. x + 305. | Utilitas | Cambridge CoreMark Fabian, A Theory of Subjective Wellbeing (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022), pp. x + 305. 152
Reposted by Malte Doldkoenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · 14/01/2025We cannot make decisions outwith a frame of reference—which has two key components: the decision context and our own psychological context (both shaping each other). That is why Decision Making is always personal (and subjective): buff.ly/40enXaT 172
Reposted by Malte DoldTim Krieger @timkriegerfr.bsky.social · 08/01/20251/ 📢 Proud that our chapter "Market Democracy, Rising Populism, and Contemporary Ordoliberalism", co-authored by @maltedold.bsky.social and me, is part of this volume! 111
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 06/01/2025I wrote a review of "A Theory of Subjective Wellbeing" by @MarkFabian_PAIS; it is a thought-provoking, bold book recommendable to any scholar working on wellbeing, welfare, and agency in economics, psychology, philosophy, and public policy analysis www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) Review of "A Theory of Subjective Wellbeing" by Mark Fabian (OUP, 2022)PDF | Mark Fabian's A Theory of Subjective Wellbeing (OUP, 2022) begins by acknowledging the significant contributions of subjective well-being... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re... 020
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Easterlin’s work, along with that of Sen and Kahneman, was pivotal in keeping me engaged with economics as an undergraduate. Thank you, RAE! 000
Reposted by Malte DoldColin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024WaPo article also cites this cool study showing people prefer songs that were released when they an average of 17.6 yo (tho rather flat 10-30yo) www.researchgate.net/publication/... 29615
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 05/12/2024New working paper on Frank Knight's views on preference adaptation and lessons we can draw for modern political economy: www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) Agency, Adaptation, and Discussion in Liberal Societies: Lessons from Frank H. KnightPDF | This article examines some of the distinct features of Frank H. Knight's liberalism. While acknowledging the necessity of markets and competition,... | Find, read and cite all the research you n... 000
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 02/12/2024For all the PPE folks out there: We're co-organizing a PPE+L conference in Bangalore, India, Dec 11-14, 2025. CFA deadline: Jan 15, 2025. Please share widely and spread the word! ppel.tenureslack.com/call-for-abs... 012
Malte Dold @maltedold.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Ever wondered why Frank H. Knight continues to inspire scholars (myself included)? Check out Scott Gordon’s thoughtful tribute published in JPE in 1974 two years after Knight’s passing: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... 020
Reposted by Malte DoldBehavioural Public Policy @bppjournal.bsky.social · 22/11/20241. Adam Oliver, LSE, 9th December www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/... #BehaviouralScience #PublicPolicy #Autonomy #BehSci #PoliticalSciencelse.ac.ukGetting lost in a field: a personal history in behavioural public policy6.30pm Mon 9 Dec | Adam Oliver | Free public event at LSE 264
Reposted by Malte DoldBehavioral Scientist @behscientist.bsky.social · 12/10/2023"What If I’m Wrong?" by Daniel Dennett Good thinkers frequently ask themselves this question, the way good doctors frequently check their practices against the Hippocratic oath they swore. behavioralscientist.org/ive-been-thi...behavioralscientist.orgWhat If I’m Wrong? - By Daniel Dennett - Behavioral ScientistGood thinkers frequently ask themselves this question, the way good doctors frequently check their practices against the Hippocratic oath they swore. 022
Reposted by Malte DoldFernando Lozano @tzinacan47.bsky.social · 06/10/2023The Department of Economics at Pomona College is hiring a tenure-track professor specializing on Energy Policy. www.pomona.edu/administrati... Pomona is a great place to work, p Please feel free to reach out to me directly if you have any questions.pomona.eduFaculty Positions | Pomona College in Claremont, California - Pomona College 031