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Monday, October 30, 2017

Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded to American Richard Thaler

David Gauthier-Villars in Stockholm and Ben Leubsdorf in Washington
The Wall Street Journal
Originally posted October 9, 2017

Here are two excerpts:

Mr. Thaler “has given us new insight into how human psychology shapes decision-making,” the academy said.

Asked to describe the takeaway from his research, Mr. Thaler told the academy and reporters: “The most important lesson is that economic agents are humans and that economic models have to incorporate that.”

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“I’ll try to spend it as irrationally as possible,” Mr. Thaler said.

The article is here.