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Richard Thaler, left, won the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday in part because he realized people act irrationally. Credit Scott Olson/Getty Images
![The Art of Thinking Well](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10brooksWeb-master675.jpg)
Richard Thaler, left, won the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday in part because he realized people act irrationally. Credit Scott Olson/Getty Images