we're willing to pay send key

signals and Smith used a baker as

an example. Hi, this all looks

delicious... Could I have a cup of

coffee? Yeah, of course. And a

scone, please? Thank you.

But let's say we all want scones, and

the baker keeps running out, well

then... she can charge a bit more.

Seeing the demand and money to be

made, other bakers will start

offering scones. All throughout the

supply line, people spring into

action. Farmers see that bakers are

buying wheat so they plant their

fields, and up production. Truckers

see money to be made in delivering

wheat to bakers, so they buy trucks

and hire drivers. Thank you.

So...we vote with our wallets, and

all around the world, people spring

into action, to satisfy our

demands. No one orders them to do

this, but every purchase sends a

message. As the supply increases,

competition forces prices down.

Fewer bakers bake scones and things

stabilize as supply meets demand

dynamically and automatically.

This all happens without government

intervention, without any trade

commissar dictating quotas. This is

Smith's invisible hand at work; it

guides large businesses and even a

small baker.