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Homo economicus

concept in many economic theories of humans as rational and narrowly self-interested actors who have the ability to make judgments toward their subjectively defined ends
Place Latin Phrase Q1164073

Facts

7 properties

Identity

Instance of
Latin phrase, economic concept, sociological behavioristic model[2][3]
More facts +6
Has use
economic model[4]
Facet of
economics[5]
Has characteristic
agency, rationality, rational egoism[8][9][10]
Has goal
optimal decision[12]
Significant person
Vilfredo Pareto[11]
Used by
economics, pedagogy[6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en economic man en Homo economicus ar الإنسان الاقتصادي cs homo oeconomicus de Individuum de rationaler Agent de rationaler Nutzenmaximierer de repräsentativer Agent de dies oeconomicus de economic man de Homo Ökonomicus es Homo oeconomicus es Homo œconomicus fa انسان اقتصادی fr Homme économique fr Homo economicus fr Homo oeconomicus he האדם הכלכלי he רציונליות מושלמת it Homo economicus
🔖 Identifiers · 18
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85040835
GND ID
4195139-6
OpenAlex ID
C169355965
Biblioteca Nacional de México ID
000097212
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12250535v
Described at URL
www.treccani.it, www.treccani.it
FAST ID
902023
Freebase ID
/m/0l8sd
Harper's tag
economic-man
IdRef ID
031254365
J9U entity ID
987007531357405171
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
169355965, 2776125401
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Quora topic ID
Homo-Economicus
RationalWiki ID
Homo_economicus
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID
29441-4
ScienceDirect topic ID
mathematics/homo-economicus, computer-science/homo-oeconomicus, engineering/economic-man
Treccani ID
homo-oeconomicus
Yale LUX ID
concept/524637be-bea5-43f4-8392-33e9252af2c5

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🔗 Connections
← Main subject 1
technolibertarianism
← Said to be the same as 1
rational agent
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Summary

Homo economicus is a Latin phrase[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has goal → optimal decision
    Has use → economic model
    Harper's tag → economic-man
    Used by → economics, pedagogy
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: economic-man, Matched to economic man (#289927997) in Harper's tag…"
  2. 12w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → agency, rationality, rational egoism
    "Created claim: Has characteristic: agency, import w/ 🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Latin phrase, economic concept, sociological behavioristic model
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007531357405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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