Homo economicus
Homo oeconomicus, rationaler Agent
A human being regarded as a rational and narrowly self-interested actor capable of…A human being regarded as a rational and narrowly self-interested actor capable of making judgments in order to attain its own particular goals.
Meaning
1 sensesA human being regarded as a rational and narrowly self-interested actor capable of making judgments in order to attain its own particular goals.
Homo oeconomicus, rationaler Agent
Translations
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By meaning 1
human being:
Origin
A pseudotaxonomic name, by analogy with Homo sapiens. The earlier term economic man was usA pseudotaxonomic name, by analogy with Homo sapiens. The earlier term economic man was used for the first time in the late nineteenth century by critics of John Stuart Mill's work on political economy.
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1 related wordsRelatedrational egoism