Richard Thaler Quotes

Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.

I hope I haven't spent more than $1,000 on mugs.

Credit or debit cards, for starters, are nothing short of shoppers' Novocain. Even in the age of digital purchases and virtual money, we still attach a special value to dirty paper with pictures of presidents on it. Handing some of that to a cashier simply hurts more than handing over a little sliver of plastic.

I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.

Since having kids, I am more careful about saving rather than splurging. I used to spend all my money on trainers and high heels that I couldn't walk in.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

I'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that's the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools.

You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.

I mean, price is price. It's just where you want to spend your money.

To me, it's impolite to go out shopping with no money.

They say I spend too much money, so they take it and put it away for me. What do I spend it on? Oh, old records and presents and things.

I don't really shop a lot, just cause I'd rather not spend my money on clothes.

Sometimes I'm able to buy magazines like the GQ.

When I started my writing process for 'Empty Bank,' everything had to do with money. It was at a time in my life where I started to see money differently.

You cannot control the spending habits of people. It is a free society, after all, and people should have right to spend their money as they wish.

Consumers, when they've only got a couple of quid left in their pockets, are choosy about how they want to spend it.

I spend a lot of money on the little things that make me happy, like 3 falafels from M&S to eat on the train on the way up to Edinburgh, but I do keep a close eye on the bigger picture. I don't flash the cash ridiculously on expensive things.

Even if you have a lot of money, you may not want to spend a lot of it on clothes.

The money thing is, the sort of Elvis Presley thing of buying you mother car is great, that's very good. My mother has learned how to spend money.

Once you've gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun.

Pay cash. For some reason, it's harder for people psychologically to part with their cash than it is to swipe a card. Maybe it's the act of physically seeing the money change hands, or maybe it's because you don't want to break a $20 for a $2 cup of coffee.

If anything is evident about people who manage money, it is that the task attracts a very low level of talent, one that is protected in its highly imperfect profession by the mystery that is thought to enfold the subject of economics in general and of money in particular.

I buy whatever I see, but I tend to not spend money just to spend it.

Microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is about money the government is out of.

Start saving your pennies now. People spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape the money together, and come to my show. I’m worth it.