The invisible hand on banking Trevor Coombes 10.4225/03/590a8c3be2dcc https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/The_invisible_hand_on_banking/4968689 The irony is that banking systems without a central bank free banking systems lay down a theoretical blueprint for central bank activities, justifying Reserve Bank of Australia operations since deregulation, writes Trevor Coombes. Copyright 2007 Trevor Coombes. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher. 2017-05-04 02:04:42 Finance Reserve Bank of Australia journal article Banking monash:110553 10.2104/mbr07022 Central bank activities 1833-4091 1959.1/789392