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Richard H. Thaler

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in East Orange, New Jersey, The United States

September 12, 1945

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Richard H. Thaler is an American economist who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics.

He is the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, where he is the director of the Center for Decision Research. He is also the co-director (with Robert Shiller) of the Behavioral Economics Project at the National Bureau of Economic Research and in 2015 was the president of the American Economic Association. He has been published in several prominent journals and is the author of a number of books, including Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics.

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Richard H. Thaler's Blog

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Here's how Washington State's nudge for state park donations works via its web site

A couple years ago, Washington State switched the default rule on state park fees that drivers pay (or don't pay) when they renew their licenses. Reader Steve Loeb nicely captures what this switch looks like on the Washington State Department of Licensing site.

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	Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein 3.84 avg rating — 89,362 ratings — published 2008 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics 4.16 avg rating — 22,083 ratings — published 2016 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winner's Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life 3.81 avg rating — 468 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Advances in Behavioral Finance (Volume 1) (The Roundtable series in behavioral economics) 4.10 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Advances in Behavioral Finance, Volume II (The Roundtable Series in Behavioral Economics) 4.30 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quasi Rational Economics 3.94 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard H Thaler Collection 2 Books Set (Misbehaving The Making of Behavioural Economics, Nudge Improving Decisions About Health Wealth and Happiness) by Richard H. Thaler 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness & Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us 2 Books Collection Set by Richard H. Thaler, Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nudge, Misbehaving, Thinking, Fast and Slow 3 Books Collection Set by Richard H. Thaler, Daniel Kahneman, Cass R. Sunstein 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nudge by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Psychologists tell us that in order to learn from experience, two ingredients are necessary: frequent practice and immediate feedback.”
― Richard H Thaler, Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioural Economics

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“A choice architect has the responsibility for organizing the context in which people make decisions.”
― Richard H. Thaler, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

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“The combination of loss aversion with mindless choosing implies that if an option is designated as the “default,” it will attract a large market share. Default options thus act as powerful nudges.”
― Richard H. Thaler, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

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