American Richard Thaler Awarded 2017 Nobel Prize For Economics

He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contributions to behavioural economics.

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to American economist Richard H Thaler on Monday.

He was awarded the prize for his contributions to behavioural economics.

Thaler is the co-author of the global bestseller ‘Nudge’ (2008) in which the concepts of behavioral economics are used to tackle many of society’s major problems.

Lecture by Richard Thaler on Behavioral Economics (2016): ”Past, Present and Future” https://t.co/INizStIX9n

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