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  2. Mandeville's paradox - Wikipedia

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    The philosopher and economist Adam Smith opposes this (although he defends a moderated version of this line of thought in his theory of the invisible hand), since Mandeville fails, in his opinion, to distinguish between vice and virtue.

  3. Invisible hand - Wikipedia

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    The invisible hand is a metaphor inspired by the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith that describes the incentives which free markets sometimes create for self-interested people to accidentally act in the public interest, even when this is not something they intended. Smith originally mentioned the term in two specific, but ...

  4. The Invisible Hand (play) - Wikipedia

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    Poster of UK Premiere at The Tricycle Theatre. The Invisible Hand [1] is a play written by playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar. [2] The play centers around American banker Nick Bright, specializing in the Pakistani futures market, who is kidnapped by a terrorist organization looking to protect local community interests.

  5. Vanishing Hand - Wikipedia

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    In other words, the Vanishing hand theory states that initially the Visible hand is present as industries require managerial cooperation and vertical integration for long term growth, but eventually fades away to a more Invisible hand in which specialization allows for market forces to coordinate more effectively leading to a quasi-Smithian ...

  6. The Visible Hand - Wikipedia

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    Chandler argues that in the nineteenth century, Adam Smith's invisible hand was supplanted by the "visible hand" of middle management, which became "the most powerful institution in the American economy". [1] The Visible Hand was awarded the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize of Columbia University. [2]

  7. Invisible hand (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Invisible hand is a term used by Adam Smith to describe the basis of the self-regulating nature of the marketplace. Invisible hand may also refer to: Invisible Hand, a 1960s and 1970s Polish Television series; Invisible Hand, the flagship of General Grievous in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

  8. 50 sister quotes that perfectly describe your relationship - AOL

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    Sister quotes are great for birthday cards, just-thinking-about-you texts or even a reminder that you still love them even when they annoy you. Read on for some of the best sister quotes out there.

  9. Subversion and containment - Wikipedia

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    Subversion and containment is a concept in literary studies introduced by Stephen Greenblatt in his 1988 essay "Invisible Bullets". [1] It has subsequently become a much-used concept in new historicist and cultural materialist approaches to textual analysis.