Rational Choice Theory: “Economics students learn to think of themselves and others as agents that rationally optimize fixed preferences subject to constraints. . . . [T]hey come to view their opponents as agents seeking their own advantage and to understand that their opponents see them the same way. . . . [S]uch habits of thought are clearly conducive to a mechanistic understanding of life. Knowledge becomes nothing more than an instrument for maneuvering through the world.” (Robb, 2019, p. 207)