Adam Smith is often called the father
of economics. His famous book, The Wealth of Nations,
talks about an “invisible hand” that automatically allocates goods
to the persons best able to put them to good use. The invisible
hand operates through the price mechanism for goods and services,
so that individuals who trade on the market, while seeking only
their own good, actually allocate society’s resources
efficiently.
Applied to modern capital markets, his
ideas would imply that these markets would...