...Smith (1776, p. 409) argued: As every individual, therefore, endeavours ... to employ his capital . . . and so to direct that industry that its produce may...annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He ... neither intends to promote the publick interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it ... he intends...

...unsichtbaren Hand beschreibt: „As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much as he can hol h to employ his capital in the support of domestic industry,...to direct that industry that its produce may be of greatest value; every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as...

...unimpeded capital flows 31 and concludes with that most famous of Smithian images: As every individual... endeavours as much as he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestick industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value; every...

...annual produce of its industry, or rather is precisely the same thing with that exchangeable value. As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much...industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce maybe of the greatest value; every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the...

...effort of the individual worker contributes to the common good more than any effort directed from above: Every individual necessarily labours to render the...revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it... By preferring...

...'Every individual who employs his capital in the support of domestic industry, necessarily endeavours so to direct that industry, that its produce may be of the greatest possible value'.9 This passage is famous for the 'invisible hand' metaphor by which the individual...

...industry, anil so to direct that industry that its produce may be ot the greatest value; every individiul necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great us he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the publick interest, nor knows how much...

...humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages. As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much...individual necessarily labours to render the annual value of society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest,...

...illustrates the social orientation of Smith's thinking. Wealth of Nations uses that phrase only once. As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much...he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestick industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value; every...

...pursuing private goods. As Smith writes in one of the best-known passages in The Wealth of Nations: As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much...he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestick industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value; every...