Delved into my first year as an undergraduate economic student, I was taught that humans are assumed as a rational beings. The notion of economic man has been the central postulate of most standard economics theories. It articulates that humans’ motivations are driven by naked self-interest. Thus, it imposes a peripheral figure called Homo Economicus. Let alone it was described as a rational and utility-maximizing agent. However, as divine as how it was designed, the Homo Economicus narratives let you raise a question—
are WE truly rational as to how it may seem?
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