Richard H. Thaler is a distinguished economist and the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economic Sciences, recognized as a founding father of behavioral economics. He serves as the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Thaler is a global authority on decision-making, whose pioneering research on psychological biases and ’nudges’ has fundamentally changed how governments and organizations approach policy, finance, and human behavior.
