Rationality in Economics

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The Bias Bias in Behavioral Economics (2018, background): “Economists, including experimental economists, have traditionally trusted in the rationality of people, at least in the aggregate and when people are given the time and opportunity to learn from experience (Binmore, 2009; Smith, 2007).”
When and how far is group formation a route out of chronic poverty (2005, background): “People may also cooperate because they value the wellbeing of others in the group; i.e. their values and motives include Aristotle’s philia ; or Sen’s sympathy; or their self- image is that of altruistic or cooperative people (Hargreaves Heap, 1989).”