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200 10$aErasing the invisible hand $eessays on an elusive and misused concept in economics /$fWarren J. Samuels ; with the assistance of Marianne F. Johnson and William H. Perry$b[electronic resource]
210  1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011.
215   $a1 online resource (xxviii, 329 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s)
300   $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tAdam Smith's invisible hand and the Nobel prize in economic sciences --$tThe political economy of Adam Smith --$tOn the identities and functions attributed to the invisible hand --$tAdam Smith's history of astronomy argument : how broadly does it apply? And where do propositions that 'sooth the imagination' come from? --$tThe invisible hand, decision making, and working things out: conceptual and substantive problems --$tThe invisible hand in an uncertain world with an uncertain language --$tThe invisible hand as knowledge --$tThe invisible hand and the economic role of government --$tThe survival requirement of Pareto optimality --$tConclusions and further insights.
330   $aThis book examines the use, principally in economics, of the concept of the invisible hand, centering on Adam Smith. It interprets the concept as ideology, knowledge, and a linguistic phenomenon. It shows how the principal Chicago School interpretation misperceives and distorts what Smith believed on the economic role of government. The essays further show how Smith was silent as to his intended meaning, using the term to set minds at rest; how the claim that the invisible hand is the foundational concept of economics is repudiated by numerous leading economic theorists; that several dozen identities given the invisible hand renders the term ambiguous and inconclusive; that no such thing as an invisible hand exists; and that calling something an invisible hand adds nothing to knowledge. Finally, the essays show that the leading doctrines purporting to claim an invisible hand for the case for capitalism cannot invoke the term but that other nonnormative invisible hand processes are still useful tools.
606   $aFree enterprise
606   $aEconomics
606   $aCapitalism
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615  0$aEconomics.
615  0$aCapitalism.
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