Beyond the Invisible Hand
E564504
Beyond the Invisible Hand is a book by economist Kaushik Basu that critically examines free-market ideology and argues for a more ethically grounded and institutionally aware approach to economics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beyond the Invisible Hand canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6028998 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beyond the Invisible Hand Context triple: [Kaushik Basu, notableWork, Beyond the Invisible Hand]
-
A.
The Antitrust Paradox
The Antitrust Paradox is a highly influential 1978 book by legal scholar Robert Bork that reshaped U.S. antitrust law by arguing that its primary goal should be the protection of consumer welfare rather than competitors.
-
B.
The Cost-Benefit Revolution
The Cost-Benefit Revolution is a book by legal scholar Cass Sunstein that argues for the central role of cost-benefit analysis in modern regulation and public policy.
-
C.
"The Nature of the Firm"
"The Nature of the Firm" is a foundational 1937 economic essay by Ronald Coase that explains why firms exist and how transaction costs shape their size and structure.
-
D.
Inequality Reexamined
Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.
-
E.
The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek
The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek is a comprehensive multi-volume scholarly edition of the writings of economist and political philosopher Friedrich A. Hayek, encompassing his major books, essays, and previously unpublished materials.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beyond the Invisible Hand Target entity description: Beyond the Invisible Hand is a book by economist Kaushik Basu that critically examines free-market ideology and argues for a more ethically grounded and institutionally aware approach to economics.
-
A.
The Antitrust Paradox
The Antitrust Paradox is a highly influential 1978 book by legal scholar Robert Bork that reshaped U.S. antitrust law by arguing that its primary goal should be the protection of consumer welfare rather than competitors.
-
B.
The Cost-Benefit Revolution
The Cost-Benefit Revolution is a book by legal scholar Cass Sunstein that argues for the central role of cost-benefit analysis in modern regulation and public policy.
-
C.
"The Nature of the Firm"
"The Nature of the Firm" is a foundational 1937 economic essay by Ronald Coase that explains why firms exist and how transaction costs shape their size and structure.
-
D.
Inequality Reexamined
Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.
-
E.
The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek
The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek is a comprehensive multi-volume scholarly edition of the writings of economist and political philosopher Friedrich A. Hayek, encompassing his major books, essays, and previously unpublished materials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| argues |
economic policy must incorporate moral and ethical considerations
ⓘ
institutions shape individual incentives and behavior ⓘ markets alone cannot guarantee socially desirable outcomes ⓘ standard rational-choice models are incomplete ⓘ |
| author | Kaushik Basu ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizes |
laissez-faire economics
ⓘ
narrow self-interest assumptions in economics ⓘ unregulated free markets ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
collective action problems
ⓘ
coordination failures ⓘ limitations of the invisible hand metaphor ⓘ relationship between ethics and efficiency ⓘ role of institutions in markets ⓘ role of social norms in economic outcomes ⓘ |
| genre |
academic literature
ⓘ
economic literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession | economist ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
institutional design
ⓘ
invisible hand ⓘ moral philosophy in economics ⓘ social norms ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of simplistic market fundamentalism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cooperation and coordination in societies
ⓘ
design of economic institutions ⓘ ethics in economics ⓘ limits of market mechanisms ⓘ social justice and markets ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Adam Smith
ⓘ
development economics ⓘ game theory ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
economists
ⓘ
general readers interested in economic policy ⓘ policy makers ⓘ students of economics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
economic ethics
ⓘ
economics ⓘ free-market ideology ⓘ institutional economics ⓘ |
| proposes |
ethically grounded approach to economics
ⓘ
institutionally aware approach to markets ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Princeton University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Wealth of Nations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Beyond the Invisible Hand Description of subject: Beyond the Invisible Hand is a book by economist Kaushik Basu that critically examines free-market ideology and argues for a more ethically grounded and institutionally aware approach to economics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.