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===Invisible hand===
 
===Invisible hand===
 
The "[[invisible hand]]" was not discovered until 1776 by [[Adam Smith]] in his magnum opus ''[[The Wealth of Nations]]''; the invisible hand can be understood as the [[Holy Spirit]] guiding people to productive activity.
 
The "[[invisible hand]]" was not discovered until 1776 by [[Adam Smith]] in his magnum opus ''[[The Wealth of Nations]]''; the invisible hand can be understood as the [[Holy Spirit]] guiding people to productive activity.
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===Opportunity cost===
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The concept of [[opportunity cost]] is in [[Jesus]]'s teachings, at [[Luke 1-8 (Translated)#6:9|Luke 6:9]] when he observes that it would be [[evil]] not to cure a man's withered hand on the [[Sabbath]], when it is possible to cure it then.  Yet in economics the insight of opportunity cost did not develop until 1911.
    
==Government and Politics==
 
==Government and Politics==
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