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Bounded rationality

Bounded rationality means that rationality is restricted by people’s thinking capacity, the availability of information and time.

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The syllabus topics that use this term.

  • 2.4Bounded Rationality
  • 2.4Limitations of Rational Consumer Choice

Taught in Critique of the Maximizing Behaviour of Consumers and Producers

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