STOCKHOLM – The Nobel prize in economics was awarded Monday to Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago for research showing how people’s choices on economic matters – whether on savings or game ...

Ever bought a monthly gym membership thinking it would make you go more often? Or chosen a health insurance policy with a lower deductible, even though the premium was much higher? You’re not alone – ...

Behavioral Economics is the application of psychology to the field of economics. It describes the role that psychology plays among consumers, employers, and governments, which then impacts markets and ...

Robin Young moderates a conversation between Richard Thaler and Daniel Gilbert about Thaler's new book "Misbehaving." Richard Thaler And 'The Making Of Behavioral Economics' Richard Thaler is one of ...

Professor Richard Thaler of the Booth School of Business gave an open lecture on November 3 about his and his cowriter Cass Sunstein’s 2008 book Nudge and its new edition, Nudge: The Final Edition, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — People make poor economic choices. They don’t save enough for retirement. They refuse to cut their losses on plummeting investments because they won’t own up to mistakes. They buy ...

Barry speaks with Richard Thaler and Alex Imas award winning economists and co-authors of "The Winner's Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies". They discuss the psychology of spending at auctions, and ...

Behavioral economist Richard Thaler is a pioneer of behavioral economics. His work in the field won him a Nobel Prize in 2017. He told Business Insider how it can be applied to the meme stock movement ...

Sure, the book Nudge may have become a cultural phenomenon that ended up selling millions of copies. And, OK, it resulted in hundreds of governments and countless companies around the world adopting ...