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How Richard Thaler Changed Economics

Geoff Riley

15th October 2017

In this special edition of More or Less, Tim Harford explores the ways in which Professor Richard Thaler has changed the subject of Economics.

How Richard Thaler changed Economicshttps://t.co/LEm2QVvSNk
— Tutor2u Geoff (FRSA) (@tutor2uGeoff) October 15, 2017

A great listen for teachers and students dipping their toes into behavioural economics and the numerous challenges to the assumptions of rationality that lies underneath so much of conventional economic theory.

Check out as well the 2012 BBC Hardtalk interview with Richard Thaler

How @R_Thaler changed economics & won #NobelPrize? Persistence, understanding, observation & curiosity. @TimHarford https://t.co/0hQO58tkK6
— Brian Hollar (@brianhollar) October 13, 2017

Richard Thaler, who won the Nobel for economics, is no stranger to the NYT. Here are some of his notable columns. https://t.co/IYo48p31dj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 9, 2017

Here's why you should care about Richard Thaler, the rockstar economist who just won the Nobel Prizehttps://t.co/JeplZfODsL
— Mashable (@mashable) October 10, 2017

Richard Thaler helped demonstrate how human reasoning diverges from the perfectly rational https://t.co/Q1L2l9p6kL
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 10, 2017

Nudge novelty has worn off, but we still need behavioural economics
https://t.co/pBhKsNBslv via @ConversationUK
— RK Padhy 🇮🇳 (@rkpadhy) October 15, 2017

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff