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Title: Interesting, but a struggle to get through
Review: This book is the classic bible of capitalism and it explains the mindsets of advocates of free-trade perfectly. It gives a clear, proper - though sometimes a bit long - explanation of the laws of the market and exposes the logical workings of the "invisible hand". However, as it was written for its own time, it refers tocontemporary events, people and nation-states, and that makes it hard for anyone but a history buff to understand many of Smith's points. Outdated and mutated words appear on almost every page and adds to this complicating It seems as if Smith's text was left completely intact. The book is also very long - almost 600 pages - and at times it relatively dull. For these flaws I felt it necessary to remove one star. However, the book deserves the other four stars for its remarkable clarity in destroying socialist arguments for the conscious ability of humanity to put the interest of the group ahead of their own.
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