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Every book Richard Thaler recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Richard Thaler appears on, in one place — not just one.
Richard Thaler discussed foundational economic literature and his own works during podcast appearances. On Freakonomics Radio, Thaler brought up John Maynard Keynes's General Theory Of Employment, Interest And Money to highlight that key elements of behavioral finance have historical roots that precede modern behavioral economics, noting that Keynes wrote the single best chapter on the subject in 1936. During the same episode, he referenced Paul Samuelson's Foundations of Economic Analysis while explaining the post-World War II mathematical revolution in economics. Additionally, on People I (Mostly) Admire, Thaler humorously referenced buying copies of his own book Nudge, co-authored with Cass R. Sunstein, alongside Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner's Freakonomics while discussing the ease of online purchasing on Amazon.
Books recommended by Richard Thaler
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Foundations of Economic Analysis
Foundations of Economic Analysis by Paul Anthony Samuelson is a seminal 1948 economics text that profoundly shaped the discipline by applying advanced mathematics to human behavior and economic theory in unprecedented ways.
Discussed“and samelson in particular he was a University of Chicago undergraduate and then went off to graduate school and his thesis was called foundations of economic analysis so all he did was redo all of Economics properly”
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Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“you want to buy a copy of nudge the final Edition or your 15th copy of Freakonomics on Amazon”
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General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money
John Maynard Keynes's influential 1936 economic treatise reshaped macroeconomic policy and continues to provoke critical debate among modern economists and scholars.
Discussed“the single best chapter on behavioral Finance was written by John Maynard kees in the general theory which was written in 1936”
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Nudge
Nudge by Richard H.
Discussed“you want to buy a copy of nudge the final Edition or your 15th copy of Freakonomics on Amazon”
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Books Richard Thaler wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| EXTRA: People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Update) | Freakonomics Radio | 2024-07-15 | 2 |
| Why Is Richard Thaler Such a ****ing Optimist? | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 58 | People I (Mostly) Admire | 2023-01-23 | 2 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I wrote a chapter about that in my other book misbehaving”
“so when you and Levitt were writing Freakonomics it was all dubner's voice right”
“The first review of my book, Misbehaving, came out in the Times of London.”