Is Homo Economicus becoming extinct?

by Jessica Witzel

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Economics - Micro-economics, grade: 1,2, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction In his famous article "A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice" from 1955, Herbert Simon already called the concept of the Homo Economicus into question and explained: "The concept of "economic man" is in need of fairly drastic revision. ...] The task is to replace the global rationality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3656212104
• ISBN13: 9783656212102
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"