Normal Rationality, by Edna Ullmann-Margalit (on norms, big decisions, invisible hand explanations, considerateness, and much more).
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Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard; former Administrator, White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; coauthor, NUDGE.
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Join us for our next webinar featuring 's Behavioural Insights Unit and their work on reducing sludge. Register🔗: uoft.me/beartalks and tune in 🖥️ Feb 15th
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Manipulation as theft. (Available for free through Feb, I think!)
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In Haiti, rising food prices, gang violence & cholera are contributing to a dire humanitarian situation. just announced $56.5M to provide food, medicines, water, GBV services & more. We continue to stand w/ the Haitian people at this critical time.
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Spoke with President of Malawi to affirm U.S. partnership as Malawi works to combat the largest cholera outbreak in more than a decade. is surging support to help frontline workers test, treat and prevent the spread of cholera.
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Misconceptions about nudges.
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“It is preposterous to suggest that choice-preserving interventions, such as nudges, ‘crowd out’ more aggressive approaches”— not mincing his words, likening a paper challenging behavioural interventions in government to a conspiracy theory: buff.ly/3GXc6o1
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A few of us put together a special section of the Journal of European Public Policy on the role of behavioural science in public policy, with articles by Nick Chater, Mario Rizzo, Pete Boettke, Cass Sunstein and me. Free to access til the end of Feb:
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Japanese translation of 's 𝙎𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚 is out! Translated by . In it, I wrote a short commentary "Nudge or Sludge: an Aspect Problem."
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Special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy on the behavioural limits of the state, edited by . Contributors include , , and . Well worth a look. tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/cur
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Misconceptions about the Practice of Behavioral Public Policy: Three big criticisms of the 'i-frame / s-frame' paper that's attracted a lot of attention. Preprint here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf
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Diia is a groundbreaking app that allows Ukrainians to access over 100 government services. Ukraine is also using the tech to connect people to critical support during the war. Now, is excited to work with to help other countries build platforms like Diia.
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So sorry to hear about the death of the great David Crosby. Is there a 60s-er song than this one, which he wrote? #Triad
youtube.com/watch?v=1Aej9w
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Experiments Of Living Constitutionalism.
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In the book "Nudge" that started it all, and defined the term to exclude the naughty stuff.
A discussion here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11
![One of the earliest issues raised by nudge scholars concerns the very notion of a nudge. Given our purposes, it may be useful to repeat the definition of a nudge offered by Thaler and Sunstein (2009, pp. 6 and 8) and separate its four components. For Thaler and Sunstein, a nudge is “any aspect of the choice architecture that alters people's behavior in a predictable way without [1] forbidding any options or [2] significantly changing their economic incentives. To count as a mere nudge, the intervention must be [3] easy and cheap to avoid”; moreover, a nudge “[4] significantly alters the behavior of Humans even though it would be ignored by Econs.”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmxPhmLWAAYclw3?format=jpg&name=large)
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The ten greatest female songwriters of all time - great to see that @aimeemann is on the list.
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The Uses of Algorithms in Society
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At #wef23, I discussed @USAID’s approach to supporting democratic openings. We’ll continue our vital work to support civil society, a free press & elections, but we must also surge support that pays economic dividends & helps reformist leaders deliver tangible results to the ppl.
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Today, Chief and I met at #wef23 where we discussed harnessing new tactics – from digital technology to behavioral science – that bolster our work to defend human rights and combat disinformation globally.
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I had a great time chatting with about the noise that affects our decision-making. Stay tuned for Season 4 of The #DecisionEducation Podcast from to hear the full episode, coming soon.
Find out more about Noise here:readnoise.com
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Manipulation as theft. (Relevant to dark patterns, and also to sludge.)
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Sunstein on Constitutional Theory, Reflective Equilibrium, and Experiments in Ways of Living
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Conspiracy theory? Here is a recent paper by that examines misconceptions about the uses of behavioral science in government:
spkl.io/60134ZC69
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How do we make really big, transformative, decisions, that alter our preferences and even our core values? Can we ultimately *reason* towards a conclusion what to do? ’s reflections on Edna Ullmann-Margalit’s perspective: buff.ly/3vMtA1c
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On behavioral science, as it is actually being applied in government.
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Recommended for MLK Day - The Sword and the Shield, a magnificent book by
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Experiments of Living Constitutionalism.
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Endogenous preferences, environmental law.
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New paper: EXPERIMENTS OF LIVING CONSTITUTIONALISM. (Discussing Common Good Constitutionalism and originalism.). Forthcoming,
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Inequality and the value of a statistical life. Forthcoming, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis.
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Bar-Gill, Sunstein, & Talgam-Cohen on Algorithmic Harm in Consumer Markets
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For those who focus on meta-analysis of interventions, including nudges, footnote 17 (!) of this might not be entirely without interest. It's a long footnote.
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"In bail decisions, algorithms outperform human judges. Humans overweight the current offense.
If we used algorithms rather than human judges, we could keep the prison population constant and reduce crime a lot."
for :
thedispatch.com/podcast/remnan
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makes an overdue return to the program to discuss his recent book, Noise.
Fair warning: The Outlook notification sound may haunt your dreams after listening.
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For our nations to reach their potential, our students must reach their potential. The Alliance for Education will get more children in Honduras the education they deserve, improve student retention, and refurbish schools to serve as safe spaces. usaid.gov/news-informati
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Astonishingly good, infinitely good: Super-Infinite, by Katherine Rundell
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On Bob Dylan.
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