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English
Noun
homo oeconomicus (uncountable)
- Alternative form of Homo economicus
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin homō oeconomicus.
Noun
homo oeconomicus
- (economics) Homo economicus
1906, Vilfredo Pareto, Manuale di economia politica, page 14:Si esprime precisamente la stessa cosa dicendo: « studio le axioni economiche e faccio astrazione dalle altre »; oppure dicendo « studio l’homo oeconomicus, il quale compie solo azioni economiche.»- (please add an English translation of this quotation)