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Thaler at his home in chicago on monday after winning the 2017 nobel memorial prize in economic sciences. He is also a research associate at the national bureau of economic research where he codirects. Walgreen distinguished service professor of behavioral science and economics at the university of. According to kahneman, thaler and i soon became friends, and have ever since had a considerable influence on each others thinking kahneman. Dec 07, 2016 cass sunstein and richard thaler on the undoing project, by michael lewis, about the psychologists daniel kahneman and amos tversky. Daniel kahneman, winner of the nobel prize in economics and author of. Walgreen distinguished service professor of behavioral science and economics at the university of chicagos booth school of business. Daniel kahneman is an israeliamerican psychologist and economist notable for his work on. Richard thaler is an american economist who won the nobel memorial prize in economic sciences in 2017. The two friends who changed how we think about how we think. He is a longtime friend and collaborator of daniel kahneman, another nobel laureate, who had previously stated that it would be a scandal if thaler were not shortlisted for the nobel prize.
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