Re: People who think that "rational economic man" is sociopathic might find this a bit humorous

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From: Autoplectic <autoplectic@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:46:51 -0800
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On 1/11/06, Walt Byars <wbyars@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From a list made for amazon.com by Levitt and Dubner, authors of
> freakonomics:
>
> "Case studies by a pair of criminologists who prove that everyone, even
> petty criminals, responds to incentives in a manner that is rational,
> predictable, and often fascinating."
>
> EVEN criminals!?!?
>

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Yes. Of course. Jack Abramoff. Congress. Enron. Adelphia. WorldCom. Hello?! :-)

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