This approach is based on the assumption that, if everyone is fully compensated for the net benefits that they confer on others, individuals pursuing their own self-interest will, as Adam Smith put it, be led, “as if by an invisible hand,” to serve the public interest as well. According to this view, everyone is Homo economicus: a self-interested, fully rational individualist.
这一观点基于一个假设，即如果所有人都因为彼此提供好处而获得充分的净收益补偿，追求自身私利的个人就会像亚当·斯密所说的那样，“如同被看不见的手”引导服务于公共利益。