So I don’t actually have to assume that criminals are rational actors; I can also assume that actions which are high expected value will spread through mimesis. See this short post: Unconscious Economics for an elaboration of this point.
But you are right that it smuggles many assumptions.
So I don’t actually have to assume that criminals are rational actors; I can also assume that actions which are high expected value will spread through mimesis. See this short post: Unconscious Economics for an elaboration of this point.
But you are right that it smuggles many assumptions.