Perroux's Thought and the Evaluation of the "Couts de l'Homme"

In order to understand the relevance of the human costs concept inside his thought, we have to follow Perroux in criticising the image of the human being from an economic perspective. The representation of the human being is crucial for a social science because it creates an image through which we produce an idea that in turn, becomes an action. When we rationalise social functioning, we affect the perception of values, symbols and aims; in other words, we build up the perception of social life.