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Post-Autistic Economics (PAE) is a new, revisionist school of thought in economics that attempts to overcome the deficits in classical economics theory and teaching. Mainstream economics is branded 'autistic' due to
a. an oversimplistic world view
b. an excessive reliance on mathematics
c. a refusal to integrate with other discplines
Behavioral Economics demonstrates the falsehood of homo economicus, the fully-informed, perfectly rational, utterly self-interested individual which is the building block of standard, neo-classical economics. Post-Autistic Economics questions both the assumptions in the economics which is taught, as well as the teaching methods, which emphasise modern interpretations of the neo-classical formulae, but had little time either for their historical context or their contemporary relevance.