Richard Thaler: A man of tomorrow
Ireland can learn a lot from the Nobel-winning economist Thaler
Richard Thaler, the 2017 Nobel economics laureate, is responsible for a shift in mainstream economics towards more psychological realism in modelling consumer and investor behaviour. He has spent the bulk of his career at the University of Chicago and is seen as the leading figure in behavioural economics.
Thaler’s ideas are relevant to many areas of public policy in Ireland, in particular pensions. Along with his colleague Shlomo Benartzi, Thaler designed and evaluated ...
