Season 8 - Episode 1 - Herbert Simon

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Jul 12, 202401:23:07Science & Medicine

One of the fundamental principles of orthodox economics the idea that all economic agents "maximise" - consumers aim to maximise utility (econ speak for happiness) and producers profit. Nobel Prize winning economist Herb...

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