invisible hand
noun
: a hypothetical economic force that in a freely competitive market works for the benefit of all
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Gotham Styled by Dani Michelle–the invisible hand behind Rosie-Huntington Whiteley, Hailey Bieber, and Kendall Jenner’s wardrobes–much of this transformation is down to Edgar-Jones’s relationship with Chemena Kamali’s Chloé.
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Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 19 July 2024
The same invisible hand that lifted the price of those nuggies is the one crashing them back down in a vat of ranch.
—Drew Goins, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
The founder of Soviet cybernetics, Viktor Glushkov, had once proposed attaching sensors to each cow’s udder to calculate the optimal volume of milk production; now the optimal volume was being determined without any sensors, simply thanks to the invisible hand of the market.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2024
Climate change, the invisible hand exacerbating the hot, arid conditions that parch the land, is being compounded by the relentless expansion of croplands, excessive tilling, overgrazing and removal of native windbreaks.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2024
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Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 19 July 2024
The same invisible hand that lifted the price of those nuggies is the one crashing them back down in a vat of ranch.
—Drew Goins, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
The founder of Soviet cybernetics, Viktor Glushkov, had once proposed attaching sensors to each cow’s udder to calculate the optimal volume of milk production; now the optimal volume was being determined without any sensors, simply thanks to the invisible hand of the market.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2024
Climate change, the invisible hand exacerbating the hot, arid conditions that parch the land, is being compounded by the relentless expansion of croplands, excessive tilling, overgrazing and removal of native windbreaks.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2024
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“Invisible hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invisible%20hand. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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