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Honored and delighted to report that I’ve been named Ambassador for Ge Effektivt, a charity designed to effectively promote global health, climate, and…
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Erik Angner
The 2023 Ohlin Institute Public Discourse Award
The Ohlin Institute Public Discourse Award aims to reward contributions to public discourse that are evidence-based, thoughtful, and respectful of…
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Who Was the First Professor of Happiness?
The Stockholm School of Economics just announced that they've appointed the world's first professor of happiness. Did they? No.
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January 2024

One Star!
In search of readers who hated my book
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Best of 2023
How Economics Can Save the World among "the best books of the year"
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December 2023

The Soul of Economics (In Memes)
Economics has a soul, and here's what it is – in memes.
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New on BPP Blog: "Economics Deserves Its Nobel"
Over at the Behavioral Public Policy Blog, I argue that economics deserves its Nobel.
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All is Fair in Love and War But Not in Science
“War” is a terrible, very bad, actively harmful analogy for scholarly disagreement.
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November 2023

Eating Meat Without Harming Animals
If I told you there's a way to enjoy delicious, real meat at zero marginal cost to the animals or the environment, would you believe me?
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CliffsNotes Study Guide
A reader kindly typed up a study guide to How Economics Can Save the World.
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"They said what!?"
PSA: Small numbers of students saying odd things doesn’t mean anything.
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September 2023

Thinkonomics
Promoting financial literacy together
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