Homo economicus is an implausible caricature, but a highly productive one, and no useful alternative has yet been found. - Paul Krugman
" "Homo economicus is an implausible caricature, but a highly productive one, and no useful alternative has yet been found.
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Paul Robin Krugman (born February 28, 1953) is an American New Keynesian economist, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics, and a former op-ed columnist for The New York Times.
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