Functions of Image of Man in Economics

Abstract

The subject of the research paper concerns a image of a man in economics. The paper aims at understanding this concept and funding its complete definition. Therefore, a question concerning functions of a image of a man in economics has been put forward and descriptive, positive and normative functions have been distinguished. The attempt to define the image of homo oeconomicus has been also made along with indicating its major components and characteristic features. The paper points out the factors determining the image of a man (these are not only changes within the surrounding, but also the image of the world) and what these factors influence - actual behavioural patterns of entities (resulting from the system they are rooted in) as well as economic theories through their impact on theories of behavioural patterns. (original abstract)