Richard Thaler

Richard H. Thaler is an American economist and the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2017, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to behavioral economics. He was the president of the American Economic Association in 2015, and was elected a member in the National Academy of Sciences in 2018. Thaler holds a B.A. degree from Case Western Reserve University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. degree from the University of Rochester.