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A comment on Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC. Parent comment

Re:Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federa... by kybernetikos on Monday March 13, 2023 @03:55AM (#35132484)
> People are not rational. Homo economicus is a myth.

It's possible to be a rational maximiser of something other than profit.

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Re:Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federa... by bumby on Monday March 13, 2023 @10:41AM (#35136303)
Possible, but I don’t think research has ever identified that utility function being optimized.
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