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Rational Fools: A Critique of the Behavioral Foundations of Economic Theory

Amartya Sen

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En 1881, Edgeworth posait comme premier principe de l'economie le fait que chaque agent a comme motivation unique son interet propre. Cette conception egoiste de l'homme a penetre la theorie economique et y persiste. L'A. demontre l'inconsistance des concepts qui en sont les points nodaux: rationalite de la conduite qui consiste a choisir selon l'ordre de ses preferences ou selon le critere de l'engagement financier ou de l'utilite.

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