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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. 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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Landscape with Invisible Hand - Wikipedia

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    Landscape with Invisible Hand is a 2023 American science fiction film written and directed by Cory Finley, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by M. T. Anderson. The film stars Asante Blackk, Kylie Rogers, and Tiffany Haddish. Humans struggle in a future economy after aliens come to Earth and become the de facto ruling class.

  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. Portal:Literature/Quotes - Wikipedia

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    Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. I’m not surprised some people prefer books.

  8. Invisibility in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Fictional depictions of the phenomena of "invisible women" due ageism and a societal focus on youth culture show women becoming socially "invisible" after a certain age (e.g., older than the late 40s or the 50s). In some novels and short stories, women at or beyond these age categories may get less invitations to social activities, dates, and ...

  9. Unseen character - Wikipedia

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    An unseen character in theatre, comics, film, or television, or silent character in radio or literature, is a character that is mentioned but not directly known to the audience, but who advances the action of the plot in a significant way, and whose absence enhances their effect on the plot.