Homo economicus, the rationally acting egoist who populates economists’ models, has recently attracted criticism as well, because all too often he does not represent the real behavior of individuals. Behavioral experiments have shown conclusively the limited predictive value of this artificial construct.
经济人，即经济学家的模型中的理性的利己者，最近也遭到了批评，因为他们常常并不代表现实中的个体行为。行为实验令人信服地表明这一人为构造的预测价值十分有限。