homo oeconomicus

English

Alternative forms

• homo economicus, Homo economicus

Noun

homo oeconomicus (uncountable)

1. concept in some economic theories of humans as rational and narrowly self-interested actors who have the ability to make judgments toward their subjectively defined ends.

Synonyms

• Economic human

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Italian

Noun

homo oeconomicus

1. homo oeconomicus
   • 1906, Vilfredo Pareto, Manuale di economia politica^[1], page 14:

     Si esprime precisamente la stessa cosa dicendo: « studio le axioni economiche e faccio astrazione dalle altre »; oppure dicendo « studio l’homo oeconomicus, il quale compie solo azioni economiche.»