Adam Smith's "invisible hand" refers to
A) the uncontrollable forces of nature that affect the economy.
B) a successful gothic novel Smith wrote, thereby gaining the income necessary to pursue less lucrative academic speculation.
C) the control that government exercises over the economy.
D) the economic force that converts individual pursuit of personal profit into societal good.
E) the fact that the basic cost of goods will always increase.
D
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a. “royal brute” b. “royal fool” c. “royal usurper” d. “royal imitator”
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a) the process by which beliefs and values are transmitted to individuals b) direct payments to individuals from the government through Social Security c) individuals who are opposed to the development of a socialistic government d) the gradual development of social programs within our national government e) the government taking over the economic sector of the country