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Born on September 12, 1945 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States, Richard Thaler is an economist. That puts Richard Thaler at 80 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Case Western Reserve University. Awards on record include Global Economy Prize (2014), Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (2017), Fellow of the Econometric Society (2012) and 2 more.
My Take
Richard Thaler is one of my favorite kinds of thinkers, the sort who notices what everyone overlooks. By insisting that real humans are messy, biased, and gloriously irrational, he cracked open the tidy assumptions of classical economics and won a Nobel for it. What I appreciate most is the humility baked into his work, the idea of the nudge, gently steering rather than commanding. He made a dense discipline feel human and even funny, which is no small feat. To me, Thaler proved that paying attention to ordinary mistakes can be a path to genuine insight.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richard Thaler
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・セイラー
- Reading
- りちゃーど・せいらー
- Born
- September 12, 1945 (age 80)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rooster
- Origin
- East Orange, New Jersey, United States
- Occupation
- economist
2. Background
- University
- Case Western Reserve University
Awards & achievements
- 2014 Global Economy Prize
- 2017 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
- 2012 Fellow of the Econometric Society
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2002 Clarivate Citation Laureates
3. Links
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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Born September 12, 1945 (age 80).
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