maximizer

(I would argue that the utility maximizer is the opposite of rational.)

Reduction to Banality, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

However, if you are a "maximizer" you may prefer to transit through FRA (check out the numerous threads on the FCT and FCL).

FlyerTalk Forums ualboston1k 2010

"maximizer" you may prefer to transit through FRA (check out the numerous threads on the FCT and FCL).

FlyerTalk Forums ualboston1k 2010

Public Choice theory says that while the omniscient social welfare maximizer may be a normative model of how goverment ought to behave, it is not an accurate positive model of how government will behave.

Comments of the Week, 2003-03-19, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

When I studied economics using Samuelson's text, it struck me that he treated government as an omniscient social welfare maximizer.

Comments of the Week, 2003-03-19, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

So if you are a utility-maximizer, your chief goal is likely going to be to get as many households up above that point as possible, subject of course to practical constraints, including the long-term sustainability of your economic model.

Matthew Yglesias » The Wage Stagnation Debate 2010

Here, for instance, is Boynton on why she is not a profit maximizer:

Moo, Baa, Ka-Ching Ka-Ching - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Boynton is devoutly not a profit maximizer; she admits to her irrational thinking, and she believes that money is overvalued.

Moo, Baa, Ka-Ching Ka-Ching - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Here, for instance, is Boynton on why she is not a profit maximizer:

Moo, Baa, Ka-Ching Ka-Ching - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Boynton is devoutly not a profit maximizer; she admits to her irrational thinking, and she believes that money is overvalued.

Moo, Baa, Ka-Ching Ka-Ching - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Compare this to maximizers, who examine every option and keep searching for better alternatives, deals, or outcomes — to their own detriment.

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