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“The wealth in many large estates has never been taxed because it is largely in the form of unrealized - therefore untaxed - capital gains.” quote by Richard Thaler — Download Open image

“The wealth in many large estates has never been taxed because it is largely in the form of unrealized - therefore untaxed - capital gains.”

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The Nobel Prize is going to be 'fun money' - for an occasion, when my wife and I want a $50 bottle of wine.

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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…

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Fortunately, economists open to new ways of thinking are finding novel ways to use supposedly irrelevant factors to make the world a better place.

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If people just put away what's left at the end of the month, that's a recipe for failure.

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The lesson of my field, behavioral economics, is that we need to understand the ways in which we differ from the rational human assumed…

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I think behavioral economists don't have any more of an explanation about the rise of Trump than anyone else.

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There are cases when I can make myself better off by restricting my future choices and commit myself to a specific course of action.

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For amateur golfers, I think one of the biggest mistakes is to model their play on professionals.

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he card companies will often, as a courtesy, honor that credit card, but hit you with a penalty. And you keep swiping your card…

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We all need a lot of humility, and especially about the economy.

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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…

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If you're trading individual securities, you're almost certainly making a mistake. Because most professional managers can't outperform their benchmarks, and there's little reason to…

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