The 2020-21 Mark Blaug Prize in Philosophy and Economics has been awarded to Malte Dold and Alexa Stanton (Pomona School) for his or her paper, “I Choose for Myself, Therefore I Am: The Contours of Existentialist Behavioral Economics“.
Malte Dold and Alexa Stanton
The Blaug Prize is awarded by the Erasmas Journal for Philosophy and Economics (EJPE) and is meant to advertise and reward the work of junior students in philosophy and economics. The prize is called for Mark Blaug (1927–2011), a founding father of the sector of philosophy and economics. The prize features a money sum of 500 Euros.
Malte Dodd is an Assistant Professor within the Economics Division at Pomona School in California. Beforehand, he spent two years as a publishdoctoral fellow at New York College. He holds a grasp’s diploma in Philosophy and Economics from the College of Bayreuth, and acquired his PhD in Economics from the College of Freiburg. Alexa Stanton graduated from Pomona School magna cum laude in 2020, with a serious in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), and a minor in Pc Science. Right here’s the summary of their profitable paper:
Behavioral economics and existentialism each current informative views on human alternative. We argue on this article that the dialogue between the 2 approaches can enrich the present debate in regards to the normative implications of behavioral economics. Whereas behavioral economics means that our capability to decide on is constrained by cognitive biases and environmental influences, existentialism emphasizes that we will (and will) deal with ourselves as free and ‘turning into’ beings regardless of the various constraints we face. Acknowledging these two views within the type of a theoretical synthesis—which we suggest to name existentialist behavioral economics—offers us with the explanation why we must always defend our decisions ‘as our personal’ and the way doing so could also be tougher than we anticipate. It additionally offers a framework to investigate the specter of identity-shaping social and technological developments, reminiscent of preference-altering nudges and artificially clever prediction algorithms.
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