HOMO ECONOMICUS AND HOMO STRAMINEUS.

The article presents a study which showed the evolution of Homo economicus to show that selfishness in the history of the economic discipline never constituted the core of the Homo economicus model. Topics include the views of classical economists who thought of Homo economicus as a wealth-seeking animal, the standard version of Homo economicus, and an explanation of why the species Homo economicus and Homo stramineus have often been so confused.