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Self-interest and greed: Is the homo economicus unethical? [PDF]
Sociološki Pregled, 2017 The central question of the article is whether it is self-interest, which has become a technical term of economy, nothing but a renamed and justified quondam deadly sin of greed, or is it engender and announces a new and different understanding of man ...
Krstić Predrag
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Homo Economicus in the Shortage Economy [PDF]
Danube, 2018 Abstract Rational agents react to incentives in the market economy as well as in the centrally planned economy. Economic laws are persistent regardless of the economic system. The legislative system changes the outcome of the game between economic agents and managers.
Lipovská, Hana +2 more
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The Chilean Revolts and the Failure of the Constituent Process
Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.This article aims to contextualise the recent constituent process in Chile and its subsequent failure, paying attention not only to the so‐called contingent nature of the revolts inaugurated in October 2019, but also to the reengineering process implemented by the Pinochet dictatorship.
Sergio Villalobos‐Ruminott
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Graduates' conceptions of meaningful work
British Educational Research Journal, Volume 51, Issue 6, Page 2700-2718, December 2025.Abstract This paper explores how meaningful work is conceptualised by recent graduates. Whilst the imperative to maximise economic returns from higher education (HE) endures in HE policy, less attention is given to how meaningful work is and its relationship to values and identities.
Michael Tomlinson, Manuel Souto‐Otero
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Empowering young people: Powerful knowledge in economics
British Educational Research Journal, Volume 51, Issue 6, Page 3032-3048, December 2025.Abstract Powerful knowledge in school economics is conceptualised as the blending of economics knowledge arising from grasping threshold concepts with expressions of disciplinary thinking in terms of the powers or capabilities that this knowledge can provide to students who possess it.
Emanuel Mizzi
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Del homo economicus al Homo Sapiens
Thēmis, 2010 En este trabajo, Thaler hace diez predicciones sobre el futuro de la Economía. Futuro en el que, nos dice el autor, se hace cada vez más claro aquello que quizás siempre supimos: los hombres no somos completamente racionales, nuestra especie no es la del
Richard Thaler
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New Ways of Life: Cultivating Balance at a Tech Start‐Up During Lockdown
Anthropology of Work Review, Volume 46, Issue 2, December 2025.ABSTRACT This article draws on digital ethnographic fieldwork to examine how the pandemic‐induced shift to remote work prompted workers at a London tech start‐up to engage in ethical reflections on their new work–life arrangements. Workers imagined becoming a more “balanced” worker—autonomous but connected, productive but not burnt out, balanced but ...
Lily Rodel
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El sujeto económico y la racionalidad en Adam Smith [PDF]
Revista de Economía Institucional, 2009 El supuesto de racionalidad es central en la teoría económica actual, es el pilar sobre el cual se construye el homo economicus de la teoría convencional.
Vanesa Valeria D’Elia
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Debate sobre el Homo Economicus. El caso de los funcionarios de casilla
El Trimestre Económico, 2017 Antecedentes: A partir de un caso empírico se estudia la decisión de las personas para participar voluntariamente como funcionarios de casilla el día de la jornada electoral en México.
Miroslava Barragán Robles +2 more
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The Aggrieved Subject: Culture Wars and Recognition Rights
Constellations, EarlyView.
Andrew Fagan
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