# Give ideas for an "Invisible Hand" t-shirt

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-ideas-for-an-invisible-hand-t-shirt/658415>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 15, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-ideas-for-an-invisible-hand-t-shirt/658415 "2013-05-15T16:21:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-ideas-for-an-invisible-hand-t-shirt/658415/1 "2013-05-15T16:21:57Z")

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Brother wants to make t-shirts that cleverly show the idea of Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand”: [Invisible hand - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand)

Your pithy ideas are appreciated and will probably used and not paid for. Contributing ideas is for your self satisfaction in being more clever than we, only.

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**Author:** ![babygoat666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@babygoat666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/babygoat666)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-ideas-for-an-invisible-hand-t-shirt/658415/2 "2013-05-15T16:24:42Z")

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What is the intended purpose of the t-shirt?

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-ideas-for-an-invisible-hand-t-shirt/658415/3 "2013-05-15T16:38:42Z")

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Just a plain white T.

ETA: _It’s invisible. Get it?_

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-ideas-for-an-invisible-hand-t-shirt/658415/4 "2013-05-15T16:42:46Z")

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A faux rendering of a woman’s cleavage, her bikini resembling empty balance scales. A wad of cash stuffed in the cleavage, with two, slimy groping handprints on each boob, likewise marked “Foreign / Domestic” or “Buyer / Seller”.

😃

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**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-ideas-for-an-invisible-hand-t-shirt/658415/5 "2013-05-15T17:37:21Z")

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How about some [Tom Tomorrow?](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_--YjWiyF8eE/TBkxCNkkN9I/AAAAAAAAGzs/usMOgFnVkAk/s1600/story-1.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-ideas-for-an-invisible-hand-t-shirt/658415/6 "2013-05-15T19:24:00Z")

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1. A Voltron-style robot made up of shops and vendor booths, missing one hand.
2. Like Omar’s, but a little bit clearer: A white T with the words “Behold the Hand of The Marketplace:” and nothing else on it.
3. A hand [dressed like this](http://abbym.edublogs.org/files/2012/11/InvisibleMan-mage-t0qjq4.jpg) wandering through a marketplace.