Richard Thaler

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.

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

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Agency

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Occupation

economist

Elementary school

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Junior high

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High school

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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

Spouse

Private

Children

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Parents

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Siblings

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Motto

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• Xhttps://x.com/R_Thaler
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC

Tags

• New Jersey
• economist

Last updated

2026-06-21

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