Richard H. Thaler is an American economist and the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2015, Thaler was president of the American Economic Association. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2017, announced October 9, 2017. Richard H. Thaler, “for his contributions to behavioural economics”. Richard H. Thaler: born 1945, East Orange, NJ, USA. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).