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  2. Invisible hand - Wikipedia

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    Smith's first use of the invisible hand metaphor occurs in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) in Part IV, Chapter 1, where he describes a selfish landlord being led by an invisible hand to distribute his harvest to those who work for him. This passage concerns the distribution of wealth: the poor receive the "necessities of life" after the ...

  3. Adam Smith - Wikipedia

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    Smith used the term "the invisible hand" in "History of Astronomy" [85] referring to "the invisible hand of Jupiter", and once in each of his The Theory of Moral Sentiments [86] (1759) and The Wealth of Nations [87] (1776). This last statement about "an invisible hand" has been interpreted in numerous ways.

  4. Rational choice model - Wikipedia

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    The theory postulates that an individual will perform a cost–benefit analysis to determine whether an option is right for them. [3] Rational choice theory looks at three concepts: rational actors, self interest and the invisible hand. [4]

  5. The Visible Hand - Wikipedia

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    Chandler uses eight propositions [3] to show how and why the visible hand of management replaced what Adam Smith referred to as the invisible hand of the market forces: . that the US modern multi-unit business replaced small traditional enterprises, when administrative coordination permitted better profits than market coordination;

  6. History of capitalist theory - Wikipedia

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    Adam Smith focused on the role of enlightened self-interest (the "invisible hand") and the role of specialization in promoting the efficiency of capital accumulation. Ayn Rand defined capitalism as a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned, and called it ...

  7. Invisible String Theory Is More Than A TikTok Trend—It Has ...

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    Invisible string theory is the idea that you and your soulmate are "connected through an invisible string or a thread" and it's "written in the universe" that you’ll be together one day, says ...

  8. Invisible String Theory, Orange Peel Theory, February Theory ...

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    What is ‘the invisible string theory’? Emily Reed Niesen (@emreedniesen), 21, took an interest in the invisible string theory after discovering it on TikTok. The notion that people can be ...

  9. Laissez-faire - Wikipedia

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    Smith first used the metaphor of an invisible hand in his book The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) to describe the unintentional effects of economic self-organization from economic self-interest. [26] Although not the metaphor itself, the idea lying behind the invisible hand belongs to Bernard de Mandeville and his Fable of the Bees (1705).