The term Homo economicus, or economic man, is the portrayal of humans as agents who are consistently rational and narrowly self-interested, and who pursue...

benefit for themselves. This concept stands in contrast to the idea of homo economicus, which states the opposite theory that human beings are exclusively...

in the least. The neoclassical economic model of a person is called Homo economicus, describing a person who "interacts in society without being influenced...

as shown by the homo economicus principle; however, it has been shown that human populations are more “benevolent than homo economicus” and therefore rarely...

In addition to the generally accepted taxonomic name Homo sapiens (Latin: 'wise man', Linnaeus 1758), other Latin-based names for the human species have...

mathematical economics is that of the rational individual actor – Homo economicus (lit. 'economic man'). In this model, the individual seeks to maximize...

methodology of other social sciences, especially of economics. For example, homo economicus is the result of a consistent abstraction-idealization process. One...

Neoclassical economists created the indefinitely abstract notion of homo economicus by following the same procedure. Economists abstract from all individual...

Switzerland) and in 2017 released their album 'Western Lies'. The single 'Homo Economicus' from the album won the M4Music Demotape Clinic award for best rock...

facts of human nature and psychology. The book is critical of the homo economicus view of human beings "that each of us thinks and chooses unfailingly...