Richard H Thaler

@R_Thaler

Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, co-author of Nudge (2008) and author of Misbehaving (2015).

Chicago
faculty.chicagobooth.edu/richard.thaler…
Joined August 2011
107 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

@R_Thaler is blocked

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @R_Thaler.

  1. 19h

    A column I wrote 5 years ago might now be relevant to this issue. cc

    How one GOP senator would fix Obamacare: automatically enroll the uninsured in coverage
    4 retweets 11 likes
  2. 24h

    WOW! Trump used post-election call to ask for permitting help from Argentina President. Emolument. Bribery.

    29 retweets 27 likes
  3. Nov 20

    This may be the@most embarrassingly ignorant statement made this month on TV. And unchallenged! Shame on and John Dickerson

    Tweeting a quote and video without regard to facts and evidence is grossly irresponsible, .
    584 retweets 824 likes
  4. Nov 19

    Thanks. I wish I thought our new president had this trait.

    Great nugget on leadership from at the conclusion of !
    9 retweets 53 likes
  5. Nov 19

    Economists don't express much optimism for the effects of Trump's policies on the middle class

    70 retweets 33 likes
  6. Nov 18

    Not if everyone else avoids his properties like the plague. Just stay elsewhere.

    How do Trumps cash in? Foreign delegations feel pressure to stay at Trump DC hotel, by
    9 retweets 6 likes
  7. Nov 18

    For someone else this might be tempting just for tax reasons since I believe forced sales are tax exempt, but if you don't pay taxes, then..

    The WSJ ed board is urging Trump to sell off his hotels & golf courses and to turn that $$$ over to a blind trust.
    20 retweets 34 likes
  8. Nov 18

    What's the best way to resist Trump? The Berlusconi era in Italy provides a model.

    176 retweets 177 likes
  9. Nov 18

    This is amazing. Can we have more please?

    The presidential pool reports from are their own art form, a kind of jet-lagged, bitchy surrealism. I love them fiercely.
    2 retweets 9 likes
  10. Richard H Thaler followed , , and 2 others
    • (((E. Glen Weyl)))
      @glenweyl

      Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research New York City and Visiting Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer at the Yale Economics Department and Law School.

    • Norman Ornstein
      @NormOrnstein

      Norman Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a contributing editor for the Atlantic.

  11. Nov 17

    Wow. The WSJ nails this. Good for them. The only hope for the USA is if mainstream GOP imposes the discipline that PEOTUS lacks. More please

    Interesting: calls on Prez-Elect Trump to liquidate the family business & avoid conflicts of interest
    86 retweets 156 likes
  12. Nov 17

    Justin, why? Just to prove that things can in fact get worse?

    Anyone want to help me float the rumor that is up for a Trump cabinet post. Treasury? State?
    11 retweets 38 likes
  13. Nov 16

    Auto enrolment big success so far. £2.5bn of extra pension saving, 4.4m more saving in a pension

    17 retweets 17 likes
  14. Nov 16

    Very good point. Using the (say) Russian supplied translator, on a call they are recording, is not prudent. Or surprising.

    Random question: who translated for Trump on all these foreign calls?
    21 retweets 30 likes
  15. Nov 16

    A mother's love is the same everywhere. Here, a young woman from the Rathwa ethnic group n…

    4 retweets 15 likes
  16. Nov 15

    Nah, must just be a weird Aussie spelling. Cc@justinw

    +1
    4 likes
  17. Nov 15

    Important reminders about what is feasible for healthcare. What Could Be Worse Than Repealing All of Obamacare?

    12 retweets 18 likes
  18. Nov 15

    As Dylan was so often dismissed as a poet, Leonard Cohen the writer was under-appreciated for the amazing craftsman he was.

    Some Leonard Cohen wisdom we'd all do well to remember–whether in writing or in life.
    1 retweet 6 likes
  19. Nov 15

    Funny. This review of Moneyball with led to Lewis's new book on K@T and also to Nudge. Baseball!

    13 retweets 32 likes
  20. Nov 15

    This is wonderful. I salute you, noise traders :)

    I see an opportunity for arbitrage here
    21 retweets 24 likes

@R_Thaler hasn't tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·