Why does personality shape economic decisions as much as incentives do? I sat down to talk psychology, neuroscience, and economics. 🎥 youtu.be/7_SPXuXneUg

Inside the Mind of an Economist: Dr. Eugenio Proto on Personality and Choice

YouTube video by Business Talk

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Something is clear the UK press is doing its job , unlike in the US unfortunately www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK

Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships

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This is a very interesting pool, the left should find a common ground to work together , that’s the only way to overcome this crisis

Using a framework separating parents’ beliefs about how their child feels from parents’ beliefs about what their child would report, we estimate that roughly 70% of the parent–child gap is explained by information frictions, not just different “reporting styles.” @cesifo.org www.ifo.de/cesifo/Kti

Applications open for the MSc in Behavioural Science at the University of Glasgow: 11 full tuition-fee scholarships available. Two tracks (Science & Business/Econ) combining rigorous theory + applied behavioural research. Both lead to academic or non-academic careers. www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Unbelievable!

“That leaves Republicans in Congress as the last barrier. They owe it to the American people, and to the world, to stop Trump from acting out his fantasy in Greenland and doing permanent damage to American interests.”

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 8mo ago

"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Eventually there will be more troops than people and little auk in Greenland !

Olivier Simard-Casanova@o.simardcasanova.net · 8mo ago

The French Army just announced that it will be part of the military force that goes to Greenland Germany is also part of it, on top of Sweden If the US invades Greenland, it means that two NATO nuclear powers will be fighting against each other

Indeed

The lack of empathy of the most powerful person in the world is disturbing. I hope American society will be able to react to that

Philip Bump@pbump.com · 9mo ago

utterly incapable of grace

Where Karl Marx Went Wrong: Nationalism Supersedes Socioeconomic Class

Applications open for the MSc in Behavioural Science at the University of Glasgow: 11 full tuition-fee scholarships available. Two tracks (Science & Business/Econ) combining rigorous theory + applied behavioural research. Both lead to academic or non-academic careers. www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

The main takeaway: people are surprisingly good — on average — at adapting to new realities, combining pre- and post-shock information wisely.

@jeeanews.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Forthcoming article "Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events" by Christoph K Becker, Tigran Melkonyan @eugenioproto.bsky.social @andissofianos.bsky.social Stefan T Trautmann @eeanews.bsky.social Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat... doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

Happy to join a panel next Wednesday, 19th November, to discuss this important topic on wellbeing and productivity. The event will be held online. #HappinessAtWork #BehaviouralEconomics

Royal Economic Society@resmedia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

There’s one week to go until our online discussion on wellbeing and productivity, in conjunction with @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @productivity.bsky.social. Join us for an insightful discussion, and the chance to share common successes and concerns. Email socsci-events@glasgow.ac.uk to register.

The main takeaway: people are surprisingly good — on average — at adapting to new realities, combining pre- and post-shock information wisely.

@jeeanews.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Forthcoming article "Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events" by Christoph K Becker, Tigran Melkonyan @eugenioproto.bsky.social @andissofianos.bsky.social Stefan T Trautmann @eeanews.bsky.social Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat... doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

Happy to join a panel next Wednesday, 19th November, to discuss this important topic on wellbeing and productivity. The event will be held online.

The Productivity Institute@productivity.bsky.social · 10mo ago

💭 Interested in wellbeing and workplace productivity? Join our online discussion on 19 November 6-7:30pm in conjunction with @resmedia.bsky.social and The University of Glasgow. Register via emailing: socsi-events@glasgow.ac.uk

Happy to join a panel next Wednesday, 19th November, to discuss this important topic on wellbeing and productivity. The event will be held online. #HappinessAtWork #BehaviouralEconomics

Royal Economic Society@resmedia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

There’s one week to go until our online discussion on wellbeing and productivity, in conjunction with @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @productivity.bsky.social. Join us for an insightful discussion, and the chance to share common successes and concerns. Email socsci-events@glasgow.ac.uk to register.

A Nobel Prize dedicated to the forces driving technological progress — and a reminder to reflect on the waves of creative destruction that AI may soon unleash. www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Thrilled to share that our article “Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events” is forthcoming in the Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA). (with C. K. Becker, T. Melkonyan, @andissofianos.bsky.social Sofianos, S.T. Trautmann) (1/5) 👉 academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...

Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events

Abstract. Bayesian updating is the dominant theory of learning. However, the theory is silent about how individuals react to events that were previously un

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Thrilled to share that our article “Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events” is forthcoming in the Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA). (with C. K. Becker, T. Melkonyan, @andissofianos.bsky.social Sofianos, S.T. Trautmann) (1/5) 👉 academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...

Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events

Abstract. Bayesian updating is the dominant theory of learning. However, the theory is silent about how individuals react to events that were previously un

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Donald Trump is becoming the greatest unifier of Europe since the end of the cold war www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Donald Trump is becoming the greatest unifier of Europe since the end of the cold war | Fabrizio Tassinari

The US president may be helping Putin to destroy the west, but his vanity is causing Europeans to speak with one voice in defence of Ukraine, says Fabrizio Tassinari of the European University Institu...

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And just when you think you’ve hit rock bottom, it goes deeper.

Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · last yr.

Firing the BLS Commissioner because you don't like the data is a dark day.

Thank you for the invitation to this wonderful workshop. It was a real pleasure participating. (Yes, that stunning background is real!)

Mirco Tonin@mircotonin.bsky.social · last yr.

Group picture at the workshop "The Demand for Bad Policy - Why do citizens support policies that harm society?" organised by Paolo Roberti at @unibz.bsky.social LINK: www.unibz.it/en/events/th... @eugenioproto.bsky.social @federicoboffa.bsky.social @mbigoni.bsky.social @ollefolke.bsky.social

The Demand for Bad Policy workshop in Bolzano . www.unibz.it/en/events/th... The Demand for Bad Policy / Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

28 Jul 2025 09:30 - 29 Jul 2025 19:30 / The Demand for Bad Policy

Why do citizens support policies that harm society? Join The Demand for Bad Policy, a two-day workshop with top scholars in political economy and behavioral science.

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Asylum-seekers get £49 a week loaded onto a pre-paid card if they're not in catered accommodation. They get £10 if they are. And yet nearly a third of voters think government spending helps 'immigrants' **most of all**. Insane and frightening.

An old article, but still very timely www.psychreg.org/emotions-ele...

Emotions Are Key to Deciding Elections, Not Economics or Party Platforms – According to Research

Elections and referendums may be being decided by the emotional well-being of voters, new research from the University of Warwick suggests.

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📢Applications are now open for the 2024/25 academic year for the MSc in Behavioural Science. This unique programme is co-run by the Adam Smith Business School and the School of Psychology & Neuroscience. 📢Several full scholarships are available : www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Unhappiness & distrust fuel populism. Chapter 7 of the 2025 World Happiness Report shows low life satisfaction predicts support for populists—from Trump to Brexit. Less trust, more anger = votes for “strongmen.” 🔗 worldhappiness.report/ed/2025/trus... #Populism #Trust

Trusting others: How unhappiness and social distrust explain populism

The World Happiness Report is published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, in partnership with Gallup, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and an independent ed...

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