Malte Dold
@maltedold.bsky.social
Worldly economist @pomonacollege.bsky.social; working on topics at the intersection of economics, ethics, and psychology; PPE and history of thought aficionado 🦜
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From heuristics and biases to agency - Mind & Society
Mind & 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...
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Happy 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...
Happy 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...
From heuristics and biases to agency - Mind & Society
Mind & 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...
link.springer.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Happy 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...
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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October 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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...
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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
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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
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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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October 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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...
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...
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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September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New working paper (with @timkriegerfr.bsky.social): "How to Address the Deficit-Populism Double Bind? A Contemporary Ordoliberal Perspective" www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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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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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
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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.
@catemar.bsky.social
@rseri.me
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
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
"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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September 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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
"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
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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September 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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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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September 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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...
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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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August 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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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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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July 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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...
New working paper on a 'hot' topic in @bppjournal.bsky.social: "Personalized Nudging and the Optimality Problem"
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(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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July 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
New working paper on a 'hot' topic in @bppjournal.bsky.social: "Personalized Nudging and the Optimality Problem"
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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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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June 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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...
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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
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AEP Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods
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June 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...
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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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The difference is how we engage with it, argues Matt Grawitch:
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June 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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:
buff.ly/ltIT2ot
The difference is how we engage with it, argues Matt Grawitch:
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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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May 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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...
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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March 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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/...
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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March 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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
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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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March 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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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On the Columbia capitulation
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The Lion Hath Roared
There’s one important piece of information that should be kept in mind as we think about what lies ahead for American higher education.
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March 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
On the Columbia capitulation
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Kahneman’s tryst with reasonableness: a tease unfulfilled?
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Kahneman’s tryst with reasonableness: a tease unfulfilled? | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core
Kahneman’s tryst with reasonableness: a tease unfulfilled? - Volume 9 Issue 2
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March 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Kahneman’s tryst with reasonableness: a tease unfulfilled?
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Solomon 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...
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...
Why 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.
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February 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Solomon 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...
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...
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@maltedold.bsky.social has written a very generous review of my book for Utilitas:
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Mark Fabian, A Theory of Subjective Wellbeing (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022), pp. x + 305. | Utilitas | Cambridge Core
Mark Fabian, A Theory of Subjective Wellbeing (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022), pp. x + 305.
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February 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
@maltedold.bsky.social has written a very generous review of my book for Utilitas:
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www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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We 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): https://buff.ly/40enXaT
January 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We 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): https://buff.ly/40enXaT
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1/ 📢 Proud that our chapter "Market Democracy, Rising Populism, and Contemporary Ordoliberalism", co-authored by @maltedold.bsky.social and me, is part of this volume!
Happy to announce that our timely collected volume on liberal responses to #populism will soon roll off the press and will be available in bookstores at the end of January! With contributions by Maximilian Priebe, Nils Hesse,
Roger Koppl, Gerhard Wegner, ...
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Roger Koppl, Gerhard Wegner, ...
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Liberal Responses to Populism
Populism has taken root almost everywhere in the West. It is crucial to understand how it has come about, where its antagonistic worldview, its nativism, its illiberalism and its anti-pluralism will t...
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January 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
1/ 📢 Proud that our chapter "Market Democracy, Rising Populism, and Contemporary Ordoliberalism", co-authored by @maltedold.bsky.social and me, is part of this volume!
I 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/...
(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...
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January 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I 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/...