Homo economicus

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A rational human being. One whose light reading is The Wealth of Nations, who would never think of exercising an out-of-the-money option and who the globe’s annual expenditure on fashion and football proves plainly doesn’t exist.

See also

• Reasonable man
• Reasonable woman