Sunday, March 09, 2008

This Day in History: March 9

Posted by David Codrea at 3/09/2008 10:47:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

OMG I read that book in college - probably the most boring read ever I promise. It's basically a transcript of what he lectured. The main point is "don't worry about trying to explain every exact little detail about how the market works, but know that it does work and you can count on it to provide every good imaginable."

3/09/2008 8:35 PM
Anonymous said...

You can download it here as a text file.

Or if you prefer a satire of economics, go here.

3/09/2008 8:45 PM
David Codrea said...

Not to worry, Hard Corps--PJ O'Rourke has written "On the Wealth of Nations," that essentially gives us the Reader's Digest version in modern language to make it not only palatable but interesting to a contemporary readership.

Smith's work truly was one of the most important books of the past 250 years, but it is a chore for most who are not scholars.

3/09/2008 9:00 PM

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