Adam Smith for Dummies
Reviewing P.J. O’Rourke’s ‘On the Wealth of Nations’
In 2006–2007 Atlantic Monthly Press put out a series of books about books, specifically “Books that Changed the World.” The series covered the Bible, the Quran, Plato’s Republic, Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, Darwin’s Origin of Species, and several others. In the mix? On the Wealth of Nations: A Biography by the wonderful and sadly departed P.J. O’Rourke


