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legalmoose ([personal profile] legalmoose) wrote2008-10-20 11:05 am
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QOTD 10/20/08

Much of economic theory is based on the notion that humans make rational choices (which may mean that economists don't get out much).

From Slate, in an article on why people are so easy to take offense.

[identity profile] alfheimr.livejournal.com 2008-10-20 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't they realize that humans aren't rational so much as rationalizing beings?