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Economist who helped behavioral 'nudges' go mainstream wins Nobel

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
imageAs a founder of behavioral economics, Thaler has helped change the way economists look at the world. AP Photo/Paul Beaty

The 2017 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to University of Chicago’s Richard Thaler for his work in behavioral economics, which is the integration of economics with psychology.

While the award was not a total...

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