More than two hundred and thirty years after the publication of Adam Smiths practical truths that shook the world in The Wealth of Nations it has only begun to be absorbed fully In his hilarious and brilliant style P J ORourke shows how Adam Smith is relevant He tells us in the most amusing ways how things that now seem obvious were once revolutionary and how division of labor freedom of trade and pursuit of self interest espoused by Smith are not only vital to the welfare of mankind He goes on to establish that far from being an avatar of capitalism Smith was actually a moralist of liberty