Richard Thaler is a world-renowned economist, a professor of behavioral science and economics at the University of Chicago and president of the American Economic Association. He is co-author of the bestseller "Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness" and his latest book is "Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics." Professor Thaler was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by Town Hall and Elliott Bay Book Company, through The Seattle Science Lectures.