Rothschild, Kurt W. - In: Intervention. Zeitschrift fuer Ökonomie / Journal of … 02 (2005) 2, pp. 56-65
First paragraph: The assumption of rational decision-making, the maximising or optimising homo oeconomicus, belongs to the fundamental elements of the neoclassical mainstream. It is also an element that has been hotly attacked and defended for a long time without a convincing victory for one...