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<!-- you can have any number of categories here --> [[Category:We libertarians are rational, they are not.]] [[Category:Common Fallacies Of Economics]] [[Category:Economics 101]] [[Category:Rationality (Economics)|200]] [[Category:Refutation of Dogmas by Empirical Economics]] [[Category:Selfishness]] {{DES | des = AKA Economic Man. The idea that humans are individualistic, rational, economic maximizers. A common, simplifying assumption in most economic models, also known as economic rationality. It is also commonly agreed that this assumption is false. Behavioral studies with the [[Ultimatum Game]] are good evidence that it is false. | show=}} <!-- insert wiki page text here --> <!-- DPL has problems with categories that have a single quote in them. Use these explicit workarounds. --> <!-- otherwise, we would use {{Links}} and {{Quotes}} --> {{List|title=Homo economicus|links=true}} {{Quotations|title=Homo economicus|quotes=true}}

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