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10 Language-to-English DictionariesVisible hand
/ˈvɪz.ə.bəl hænd/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The interventionist control and coordination exercised by government regulators, central authorities, or corporate management over economic activity, contrasting with the decentralized market forces of the invisible hand.
"Modern financial crises often require the visible hand of central banking intervention to stabilize global markets." - 2
The organizational power and managerial hierarchy within large corporations that directs the allocation of resources and production internally.
"Chandler argued that the visible hand of management replaced Adam Smith's invisible hand of market mechanisms in driving industrial efficiency."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coinage derived directly as a deliberate counter-concept to Adam Smith's classical economic metaphor of the 'invisible hand'. Popularized by economic historian Alfred Chandler in his 1977 seminal work 'The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business', it refers to the organizational and regulatory control exerted by modern corporate management and state interventions over market forces.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Visible hand" is said worldwide
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main visible
Transliteration: mɛ̃ vi.zi.blə
"La main visible de l'État régule les marchés financiers."
sichtbare Hand
Transliteration: ˈzɪçt.baː.ʁə hant
"Die sichtbare Hand des Managements steuert das Unternehmen."
mano visibile
Transliteration: ˈmaː.no ˈvi.zi.bi.le
"L'intervento economico richiede spesso la mano visibile dello Stato."
mano visible
Transliteration: ˈma.no ˈbi.si.βle
"La mano visible del gobierno estabilizó la economía."
mão visível
Transliteration: ˈmɐ̃w ˈvi.zi.vɛw
"A mão visível do Estado atua na regulamentação dos mercados."
दृश्यमान हाथ
Transliteration: dṛśyamāna hātha
"बाजार को नियंत्रित करने में सरकार का दृश्यमान हाथ महत्वपूर्ण है।"
看得见的手
Transliteration: kàn de jiàn de shǒu
"政府这只看得见的手调控着宏观经济。"
보이지 않는 손
Transliteration: bo-i-ji anh-neun son
Script: 보이는 손
"시장의 실패를 막기 위해 정부의 보이는 손이 작용한다."
見えざる手
Transliteration: miezaru te
Script: 見える手
"企業の経営者は組織の中で見える手として機能する。"
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