Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand and the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
- 2 The Political Economy of Adam Smith
- 3 On the Identities and Functions of the Invisible Hand
- 4 Adam Smith's History of Astronomy Argument
- 5 The Invisible Hand, Decision Making, and Working Things Out
- 6 The Invisible Hand in an Uncertain World with an Uncertain Language
- 7 The Invisible Hand as Knowledge
- 8 The Invisible Hand and the Economic Role of Government
- 9 The Survival Requirement of Pareto Optimality
- 10 Conclusions and Further Insights
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand and the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
- 2 The Political Economy of Adam Smith
- 3 On the Identities and Functions of the Invisible Hand
- 4 Adam Smith's History of Astronomy Argument
- 5 The Invisible Hand, Decision Making, and Working Things Out
- 6 The Invisible Hand in an Uncertain World with an Uncertain Language
- 7 The Invisible Hand as Knowledge
- 8 The Invisible Hand and the Economic Role of Government
- 9 The Survival Requirement of Pareto Optimality
- 10 Conclusions and Further Insights
- References
- Index
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- Erasing the Invisible HandEssays on an Elusive and Misused Concept in Economics, pp. 317 - 329Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011