Macroeconomics (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393603767
Author: Charles I. Jones
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Explain an economist ‘O’s given statement.
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"Vernon Smith started a series of experiments to see whether basic predictions of the
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are not like homo oeconomicus; the standard economic model can still work." (quote
shortened, source: Edward Cartwright in his textbook "Behavioral Economics" (3rd
edition, p. 8)).
What kind of criticism of the standard economics model does Cartwright refer to? Explain
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