Once again, "I rest my case."

According to Robert A. Baron:
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> On Jan 17, 1996 13:47:26, 'Henry Grunder <[log in to unmask]>' wrote:
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> >"The
> >Economically Rational Man (Person)."
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> It is just like economists to think that the perfect metaphor for humanity
> is the spreadsheet and the maximilization of value.  Indeed, the word
> "rational" here is intended to force the analogy between the economic man
> and the man who makes the "best" decisions.  To make a long story short, it
> is obvious, and most obvious in this forum of museum-l, that people have
> other criteria than their economic well being at stake.  How
> self-contradictory is our culture; we teach that life, to be of value, must
> must be led in compliance with various ethical and social models, yet we
> provide economic well being as a paradigm that frequently contradicts our
> closely held principles.  Perhaps societies thrive by living in a morass of
> such contradictions.  I'm sure Henry Grunder knows this, for it is clear
> that deep down he knows how ludicrous is the Rational Economic Man model.
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