‘It just fizzled away,’ ‘I bought lavish furnishings’ — how Nobel Prize in Economics winners spent their prize money

One said his prize money “just fizzled away,” while another put his toward a home renovation. We’re not talking about lottery winners, but Nobel Prize laureates in economics. This year’s winner, behavioral economics founding father Richard Thaler,joked Monday he’ll spend his roughly $1.1 milli...

‘It just fizzled away,’ ‘I bought lavish furnishings’ — how Nobel Prize in Economics winners spent their prize money