A Reply to Daniel Klein on Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand

Gavin Kennedy

Econ Journal Watch, 2009, vol. 6, issue 3, 374-388

Abstract: The May 2009 issue of this journal featured a two-part exchange between myself and Daniel Klein on the meaning and significance of the expression “invisible hand†in the writings of Adam Smith. In his comment on my piece, Klein imputed much larger, and, in my view, extraneous meaning to it. Here I conclude the exchange by responding to Klein’s comment.

Keywords: Adam Smith; invisible hand; Theory of Moral Sentiments; Wealth of Nations; metaphor; myth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 B0 B1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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