"The assertion that there is irrational action is always rooted in an evaluation of a scale of values different from our own. Whoever says that irrationality plays a role in human action is merely saying that his fellow men behave in a way that he does not consider correct." -mises
Hi, I'm Charlie Wood. I'm the founder and former CEO of Spanning (acquired by EMC), a married father of two, a native Texan and Austinite, and the oldest guy in most of my classes at UT, where I'm adding an economics major to my computer science degree.
For more about my re-entry into academic life, read this blog's inaugural post.
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"The assertion that there is irrational action is always rooted in an evaluation of a scale of values different from our own. Whoever says that irrationality plays a role in human action is merely saying that his fellow men behave in a way that he does not consider correct." -mises
That Mises was one clever monkey. Yes, rationality is relative. Which makes drawing utility functions harder.
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