segunda-feira, julho 13, 2009

Uma ideia a ganhar adeptos

"The Invisible Hand, Trumped by Darwin?"
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"Smith is celebrated for his “invisible hand” theory, which holds that when greedy people trade for their own advantage in unfettered private markets, they will often be led, as if by an invisible hand, to produce the greatest good for all. The invisible hand remains a powerful narrative, but after the recent economic wreckage, skepticism about it has grown. My prediction is that it will eventually be supplanted by a version of Darwin’s more general narrative — one that grants the invisible hand its due, but also strips it of the sweeping powers that many now ascribe to it."
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Uma previsão fácil de fazer, sobretudo depois de ler "Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics" de Eric D. Beinhocker.

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