It’s Adam Smith’s invisible hand, now doing its bit to save the planet. Kate Howitt is portfolio manager of the Fidelity Australian Opportunities Fund.

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In his book, "An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", published in 1776, Adam Smith introduces the idea of the invisible hand. The invisible hand is a metaphor for the ...

Back in high school economics — or maybe in a foggy Econ 101 lecture hall — you probably heard about Adam Smith and his “invisible hand.” The idea was that markets, left largely to themselves, would ...

Description: The phrase invisible hand was introduced by Adam Smith in his book 'The Wealth of Nations'. He assumed that an economy can work well in a free market scenario where everyone will work for ...

I read Adam Smith ... 1776. Smith was the father of laissez-faire. Smith said that individuals acting in their own self-interest created a greater benefit to the economy than actions taken by the ...

At that time I was working for Forbes in Colombia and we managed to arrange a virtual meeting with the congressman who was being "combed by the invisible hand". That is the answer ... The quote to ...

St-Pierre Plamondon said Smith made a 'striking gesture' for the ... that are capable of showing a strong hand. And that’s the key word, strong hand,” said St-Pierre Plamondon, who is often ...

In doing so, however, they provide further evidence that Adam Smith got there first. Before discussing the concept of value in “The Wealth of Nations” (1776), Smith notes the importance of ...

Yet it won’t always be the trade deals and tariffs that mark President Trump’s economic policy, but his invisible hand in undoing a lot of the economic damage caused by inflation and the ...