I wrote:
>JSTOR's first reference to "homo oeconomicus" is a review by
>Fischer, 1898; to "homo economicus," a review by the editor of the
>Economic Journal, 1892.
>The phrase in various languages goes back farther, of course.
>
>John Womack
I was in too much of a hurry yesterday. The 1898 review (mentioning
homo oeconomicus) is not by Fischer but by Fisher (as in Irving), of
Pantaleoni's Pure Economics (in translation).
John Womack