What Does the "Invisible Hand" Refer to

question 15

Multiple Choice

What does the "invisible hand" refer to

• A)the marketplace guiding the self-interests of market participants into promoting general economic well-being
• B)the marketplace as a place where government looks out for the interests of individual participants in the market
• C)the equity that results from market forces allocating the goods produced in the market
• D)the automatic maximization of consumer surplus in free markets

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