invisible hand

is a fallacious argument in that each individual's pursuit of his private interest does not, as the argument reads, promote the general interest. Rather, it is just as likely that each individual reciprocally blocks the assertion of the others' interests, so that, instead of a general affirmation, this war of all against all produces a general negation.

Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest... and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without willing it or knowing it. The real point is not that each individual's pursuit of his private interest promotes the totality of private interests, the general interest. One could just as well deduce from this abstract phrase that each individual reciprocally blocks the assertion of the others' interests, so that, instead of a general affirmation, this war of all against all produces a general negation. Karl Marx

 seems to offer an extended middle finger to an awful lot of people.

That invisible hand of Adam Smith seems to offer an extended middle finger to an awful lot of people. George Carlin

is a moral good. Thus, people who intend only to serve public interest are led willy nilly to private interest.

People who intend only to serve public interest are led by invisible hand to private interest which was no part of their intention. Milton Friedman

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