https://marco.org/2009/04/02/it-is-no-longer-tenable-for-economists-to-claim
It is no longer tenable for economists to claim that the self-regarding, rational actor model offers a satisfactory description of human decision making.
— James M. Gowdy, Behavioral Economics and Climate Change Policy (via squashed)
Hasn’t this always been the case? Conventional simple economics models are always inaccurate because a non-negligible portion of people don’t behave rationally and in their best interests.