Stirring Trouble With Richard Thaler, The Father of Behavioral Economics Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Portrait of Richard Thaler, an economist and professor in Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, December 22, 2003. ( Michael L Abramson / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC