Malte Dold
Worldly economist @pomonacollege.bsky.social; working on topics at the intersection of economics, ethics, and psychology; PPE and history of thought aficionado 🦜
- New 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/eRC28ytN
- 🎓 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
- 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...
- New working paper (with @timkriegerfr.bsky.social): "How to Address the Deficit-Populism Double Bind? A Contemporary Ordoliberal Perspective" www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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" www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- 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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View full threadThis 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
- @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
- The complete issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 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
- Thanks @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social for putting this special issue together!
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- Congrats, buddy! That's fantastic news and so well-deserved. Let's connect soon and hash out a plan for collabs 🤠
- Kahneman’s tryst with reasonableness: a tease unfulfilled? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 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/...
- Easterlin’s work, along with that of Sen and Kahneman, was pivotal in keeping me engaged with economics as an undergraduate. Thank you, RAE!
- RIP Richard Easterlin. His legacy lives on. newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/n...
- New working paper on Frank Knight's views on preference adaptation and lessons we can draw for modern political economy: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- For 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...
- Ever 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...
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- a bissel was geht immer
