There can be legal conflicts over whether registering intent is enough to qualify you as an organ donor or whether a doctor… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
Arthur Laffer's idea, that lowering taxes could increase revenues, was logically correct. If tax rates are high enough, then people will go… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
It's hard to have any idea of how much money is enough to finance an appropriate lifestyle in retirement. But if a… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
In the 1940s, economics started getting highly mathematical. It was basically because economists weren't smart enough to write down models of real… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
People are less likely to think it's immoral to walk away from their home if they know others who have done so.… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
If you're not putting enough away for emergencies or retirement, making commitments in advance, such as signing up for payroll withholding, can… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize is going to be 'fun money' - for an occasion, when my wife and I want a $50 bottle of wine. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
In some ways, the finding that financial education doesn't provide long-term payoffs is hardly surprising. After all, how much do you remember from your… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
Fortunately, economists open to new ways of thinking are finding novel ways to use supposedly irrelevant factors to make the world a better place. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
If people just put away what's left at the end of the month, that's a recipe for failure. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
The wealth in many large estates has never been taxed because it is largely in the form of unrealized - therefore untaxed - capital… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
The lesson of my field, behavioral economics, is that we need to understand the ways in which we differ from the rational human assumed… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
I think behavioral economists don't have any more of an explanation about the rise of Trump than anyone else. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
There are cases when I can make myself better off by restricting my future choices and commit myself to a specific course of action. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
For amateur golfers, I think one of the biggest mistakes is to model their play on professionals. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
he card companies will often, as a courtesy, honor that credit card, but hit you with a penalty. And you keep swiping your card… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
Social Security may be the most beloved of all the government's programs, partly because it requires so little thinking. You pay taxes while you… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
