I'm not one of those New Age types that believe 'it's all meant to be' and that our lives have been scripted… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
“In economy, invisible hand is a set of wealthy men. It's the puppeteer who's in charge behind the curtain.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“As in the case of the economy, an 'invisible hand' will often be a better cultivator of ideas and allocator of effort.… — Allan E. Goodman Copy Share Image
“Adam Smith expanded on this notion by saying that a person pursing his own selfish interests may be “led by an invisible… — Sean Masaki Flynn Copy Share Image
Every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of society as great as he can. He generally neither intends to promote… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
We don't legislate emergent technologies into existence. We almost never do. They just emerge, dragged forth by Adam Smith's invisible hand. Then… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
The governments of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in power… — J. F. C. Fuller Copy Share Image
“These people live in many lands, speak different languages, practice different religions, may even hate one another- yet none of these differences… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The effect of capitalism is to steer human selfishness so that, through the invisible hand of competition, the energies of the capitalist… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
As the great naturalist Charles Darwin saw clearly, individual and collective interests often coincide, as in the invisible hand narrative. But he… — Bob Frank Copy Share Image
I believe in God as I believe in my friends, because I feel the breath of His affection, feel His invisible and… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
By pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
What's the single most important thing to learn from an economics course today? What I tried to leave my students with is… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
The key reason executives are paid so much now is that they appoint the members of the corporate board that determines their… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“There exists no ”invisible hand“—that was always an unfortunate turn of phrase—but billions of highly visible fingers, doing, purely for personal gain,… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Adam Smith's uncritically enthusiastic modern disciples portray his invisible hand theory as saying that market forces reliably harness selfish individuals to serve… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image