Friday, September 17, 2010

A Truly Rational Person Is An Economist

A recent episode of NBC’s 30 Rock provided a wonderful insight into thinking like an economist.
So yes, we economists always advocate for rationality, and that’s  thinking with your ‘HEART’

But by this, I  mean the acronym for:
Hard
Equations
And
Rational
Thinking.

A truly rational person wouldn’t be able to decide anyways – they’d get bogged down in multitudes of minor details, trapped in a spiral of intractable calculus, much like those with a damaged orbit frontal cortex.

1 comment:

  1. According to me, economist fail by not putting reason before the rationale. Their rationale is mostly informed by negative research hypothesis. No wonder i prefer freckonomics

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