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