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looking out for the economic well-being of society as a whole. Free markets contain many buyers and sellers of numerous goods and services, and all of them are interested primarily in their own well-being. Yet, despite decentralized decisionmaking and self-interested decisionmakers, market economies have proven remarkably successful in organizing economic activity in a way that promotes overall economic well-being. In his 1776 book An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, economist Adam Smith made the most famous observation in all of economics: Households and firms interacting in markets act as if they are guided by an “invisible hand” that leads them to desirable market outcomes. One of our goals in 9 market economy an economy that allocates resources through the decentralized decisions of many firms and households as they interact in markets for goods and services 10 PA R T O N E INTRODUCTION FYI Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand It may be only a coincidence that Adam Smith’s great book, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, was published in 1776, the exact year American revolutionaries signed the Declaration of Independence. But the two documents do share a point of view that was prevalent at the time—that individuals are usually best left to their own devices, without the heavy hand of government guiding their actions. This political philosophy provides the intellectual…

enquanto os interesses da City não pareciam conflitantes com os da maioria da indústria. Assim, a GrãBretanha continuou comprometida com o liberalismo econômico[g] , dando aos países protecionistas ao mesmo tempo a liberdade de controlar seus mercados internos e muito espaço para promover suas exportações. Economistas e historiadores nunca deixaram de discutir sobre os efeitos desse renascimento do protecionismo internacional ou, em outras palavras, sobre a estranha esquizofrenia da…

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