Podcast Episodes featuring Richard Thaler

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Love the Mug You’re With: With Guests Joel Platt, Sally Sadoff & Richard Thaler

Choiceology with Katy Milkman - February 18, 2019 08:01 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
“For most things are differently valued by those who have them and by those who wish to get them; what belongs to us, and what we give away, always seems very precious to us.” –Aristotle In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at the peculiar ways people tend to value the thin...

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A Clean Slate: With Guests John Beshears, Richard Thaler & Ray Zahab

Choiceology with Katy Milkman - January 07, 2019 08:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
For many people, the start of a new year is an occasion to re-examine their lives, to set new goals and to give up old habits. Making New Year’s resolutions is something of a social ritual, but we see similar behaviors around other significant dates, as well--such as birthdays and anniversaries ...

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The Temptation of Now: With Guests Richard Thaler & Angela Duckworth

Choiceology with Katy Milkman - November 12, 2018 08:01 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Most of us would like to think we make decisions for our own good. Presented with the imaginary choice between a bag of salty, greasy potato chips and a healthy salad, you might opt, in principle, for the salad. But what happens when that bag of chips is freshly opened, sitting there right in fr...

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Economist’s Journey to the Nobel with Richard Thaler

Big Brains - June 04, 2018 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 358 ratings
Richard Thaler has been dubbed one of the "founding fathers" of behavioral economics, bridging the gap between psychology and economics, and in 2017 he received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work.  It has been a long and unusual journey for Thaler, who has made a career out of d...

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Misbehaving with Richard Thaler

Hidden Brain - October 24, 2017 01:57 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 38.1K ratings
We don't always do what we're supposed to do. We don't save enough for retirement. We order dessert — even when we're supposed to be dieting. In other words, we misbehave. That's the title of Richard Thaler's most recent book: Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. If you've read Thaler...

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How Richard Thaler changed Economics

More or Less: Behind the Stats - October 13, 2017 15:12 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 733 ratings
The behavioural economist who has inspired governments around the world.

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Professor Richard Thaler: Masters in Business (Audio)

Masters in Business - June 14, 2015 02:50 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
June 13 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Professor Richard Thaler of University of Chicago Booth School, Thaler is the director of the Center for Decision Research, and is the co-director (with Robert Shiller} of the Behavioral Economics Project at the National Bu...

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Richard Thaler on Libertarian Paternalism

EconTalk Archives, 2006 - November 06, 2006 11:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Richard Thaler of the U. of Chicago Graduate School of Business defends the idea of libertarian paternalism--how government might use the insights of behavioral economics to help citizens make better choices. Host Russ Roberts accepts the premise that individuals make imperfect choices but challe...

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Richard Thaler on Libertarian Paternalism

EconTalk - November 06, 2006 06:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
Richard Thaler of the U. of Chicago Graduate School of Business defends the idea of libertarian paternalism--how government might use the insights of behavioral economics to help citizens make better choices. Host Russ Roberts accepts the premise that individuals make imperfect choices but chall...