IS THE “INVISIBLE HAND” STILL RELEVANT?
5 May 2010 by Cullen Roche
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Interesting reading here from the SF Fed on the role of government in the markets and the “invisible hand”:
H/t ZH
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This is the first one I read awhile back. One of those articles that really changed my view of the markets. The other would be one about Petrodollars and the oil industry.
http://www.sprott.com/Docs/SpecialReports/08_2005_TheVisibleHand.pdf