The Hypocrisy Trap with Dr Michael Hallsworth Dr Hallsworth will explore how the "hypocrisy trap" — our relentless drive to expose inconsistency — either breeds more hypocrisy or exhausts our belief in shared standards altogether.

Our lives are full of accusations of hypocrisy, yet little seems to change. Join "The Hypocrisy Trap" author @mhallsworth.bsky.social at @lsepbs.bsky.social on Wednesday, Nov. 19th, where he will discuss tools for moving from outrage to outcomes with Professor @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social:

Blogpost on some readings and talks to get some sort of handle on emerging Behsci and AI applications economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2025/10/ai-a...

Added to my blog disclaimer alongside the usual stuff "Written by Liam without AI unless otherwise stated" economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com Does it matter?

The Hypocrisy Trap with Dr Michael Hallsworth Dr Hallsworth will explore how the "hypocrisy trap" — our relentless drive to expose inconsistency — either breeds more hypocrisy or exhausts our belief in shared standards altogether.

📘 Our lives are full of accusations of hypocrisy — against politicians, companies, and each other. Yet despite this noise, little seems to change. Join us for this talk on 19 Nov where @mhallsworth.bsky.social & @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social will discuss Michael's recent book 'The Hypocrisy Trap'.

The 18th Irish Workshop on Economics, Psychology, & Policy will take place on 14th November 2025 at the University of Galway. Programme and some remaining places for those who wish to attend the talks available here economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2025/10/18th...

I feel like I am the last human who still uses blogger but it is a really cool package. I am delighted and somewhat surprised that Google still maintain it. Am continuing to post here about economics, psychology, policy and related topics economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com

Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do [Sunstein, Cass R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do

IMPERFECT ORACLE, on the uses and limits of AI - publication day! Looking forward to the launch on Wednesday, at Cambridge University. US events to follow. @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social @ichotiner.bsky.social
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Picture of the 25 mile mark at the Dingle Marathon in County Kerry

@dilipsoman.bsky.social was thinking about your book at this stage in the Kerry hills yesterday!! I can attest that the last mile can be challenging. Though the last bit of the last mile when you can see the line is good fun!!

‘It’s been quite a ride!’ Melvyn Bragg to step down from Radio 4’s In Our Time after 27 years The broadcaster is leaving the hit BBC programme after presenting more than 1,000 episodes and having ‘enriched the lives of millions’

Fair play to him. Have had that in the background on many late night attempts to do some research. A really strong piece of traditional public braoad. The archive is a great legacy www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Heard a quote once from someone (wish I could remember who) summarising behavioural finance work that said that stock markets reflect the mood swings of old rich guys. Can't remember a case before where they reflect the mood swings of one individual old rich guy!

FT Editorial: "Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government." www.ft.com/content/69d5...

Famine 'playing out' in Gaza, warns global hunger monitor Famine is "playing out" in Gaza, a global hunger monitor said in an alert issued as international criticism of Israel intensifies over rapidly worsening conditions in the Palestinian territory.

Famine is "playing out" in Gaza, a global hunger monitor said in an alert issued as international criticism of Israel intensifies over rapidly worsening conditions in the Palestinian territory.

Famine now unfolding in Gaza, says UN-backed monitor – Middle East crisis live Airdrops are not enough to avert the humanitarian catastrophe, says the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative Famine is “now unfolding” in Gaza, with thousands of children malnourished and hunger-related deaths on the rise among the youngest, a UN-backed monitor has said in an alert. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC) said that air drops over Gaza will not avert the “humanitarian catastrophe” unfolding across the territory. Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths… Latest data indicates that famine thresholds have been reached for food consumption in most of the Gaza Strip and for acute malnutrition in Gaza City. Continue reading...

Famine now unfolding in Gaza, says UN-backed monitor – Middle East crisis live

Exciting new research by @benmtappin.bsky.social and colleagues ⬇️

Honored to be back for LSE #behaviouralscience Alumni Conference, especially at graduation time! Excited to join great panel w/Zeina Afif (World Bank) & Anna Guerraggio (UNDP) & engage with past & current cohorts

@lsepbs.bsky.social @mmglz.bsky.social @krpd.bsky.social @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social

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For UK friends All Ireland hurling final on BBC2 now. If you want to see something that brings a big chunk of Ireland to a halt every year highly recommended.

What is the value of a park? - EUROPP Wellbeing data suggests the monetary value of a park to residents of urban areas can be put at around €119 per resident, in any given year.

💥 New: What is the value of a park?

Research from Christian Krekel @lsepbs.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social finds that green spaces in urban areas produce wellbeing benefits that equate to around €119 per resident. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

War zone surgeon David Nott: ‘Life is all about taking calculated risks’ The doctor who’s saved countless lives through his work in Ukraine and Gaza on operating under fire, the challenges of PTSD — and his belief in God

for this week's Lunch with the FT, I met a humanitarian hero: war doctor David Nott www.ft.com/content/e5fa...

As of 15 July, 877 fatalities and 5666 injuries have been reported among people trying to access food supplies. Image of an empty bowl and spoon against black background.

People are getting killed trying to get food.

877 people have died and 5666 were injured in #Gaza trying to get food in recent weeks.

Holy shit the government's Restoring Trust in Democracy policy paper is good.

Enjoyed back-handed compliments about talks over the years "I was going to go home when I saw it was an economist but you weren't too bad" from an audience member after a public talk a few years back my favourite. Famous public intellectual was "pleasantly surprised you have read around a bit".

This is how insane people sound when you tell them why A.I. is bad

Liam Delaney – Positioning Economic Psychology in Behavioral Public Policy | IAREP 2025 YouTube video by IAREP

🎤 Prof @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social gave the IAREP Kahneman Keynote Lecture 2025. During his inspiring talk, Prof Delaney explored the evolving role of economic psychology in shaping behavioural public policy.

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IAREP Kahneman Lecture: Economic Psychology and Behavioural Public Policy

Video of my IAREP Kahneman lecture on positioning economic psychology in the emerging behavioral public policy field youtube.com/watch?v=_3ti... Readings & some speaking notes here. economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2024/12/iare... Thanks to students & colleagues for many years of discussions.

IAREP Kahneman Lecture: Economic Psychology and Behavioural Public Policy

Video of my IAREP Kahneman lecture on positioning economic psychology in the emerging behavioral public policy field youtube.com/watch?v=_3ti... Readings & some speaking notes here. economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2024/12/iare... Thanks to students & colleagues for many years of discussions.

Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us? Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out

Only a small % of people engage in toxic activity online, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform

Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Picture of a newspaper advertisement for Irish pension auto-enrolment

Been 20 years or so in the making in Ireland but national pension auto-enrolment now at this stage. A blog-post from a few years back outlining the issues and background research. economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2024/04/pens...

We all know about the hallucination problem but it's quite extraordinary to see it invent such a detailed, plausible fabrication. I'm in the privileged position of being able to saunter into the Bodleian Library and check - most people could be forgiven for believing the machine.

Recent CEP paper on the value of parks for well-being during crises. In general the more you look at quantifying welfare effects the more urban green spaces come into prominence cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/PUBLICA...