| 单词 | economic man |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseconomic man economic man n. Economics a hypothetical person who manages his or her private income and expenditure strictly and consistently in accordance with his or her material interests, with no regard to the welfare of others; cf. economical man n. at economical adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1884 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 47 164 Starting higher up from the abstract definition of the economic man we reason down to the fact as well as the unity of price. 1889 G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 25 There is no such person as the celebrated ‘economic man’. 1890 A. Marshall Princ. Econ. I. vi. 78 When the older economists spoke of the ‘economic man’ as governed by selfish, or self-regarding motives, they did not express their meaning exactly. 1929 A. Huxley Do what you Will 217 Historical materialists, who deal..with abstract ‘Economic Men’. 1965 A. Seldon & F. G. Pennance Everyman's Dict. Econ. 138 Economic Man, concerned with the immediate aim of obtaining the largest possible command over resources with the minimum of sacrifice. 1991 Struct. Change & Econ. Dynamics 2 208 In most theories, the notion of economic man really does form the starting point for all deductions. < as lemmas |
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