Question

According to the invisible hand concept, the best way for a society to encourage the creation of jobs and the production of the products most wanted by consumers would be to:

A. Permit government owned industries, such as telecommunications, transportation, and energy, and operate these firms as nonprofit organizations.
B. Allow private ownership of businesses, but make use of extensive regulation to force businesses to behave in a socially desirable way.
C. Allow entrepreneurs personal freedom to follow their own self-interest.
D. Impose high taxes on individuals, and use the revenue to subsidize businesses to encourage them to produce the maximum rate of output.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C

Step-by-step explanation:

The concept of the invisible hand, is the concept in which the unobservable market force, helps the supply and the demand of the goods to reach at equilibrium in a free market.

As per this concept, the best method for society in order to encourage the jobs creation and the production of products demanded by consumers would be to allow the personal freedom entrepreneurs to follow their self interest.