Today it is considered one of the most famous books ever written. Here, Smith's text is interpreted for the modern day world of finance, business and economics.
39 BANKruPTCY IS NO LONGerA CALAMITY According to Adam Smith, 'Bankruptcy is perhaps the greatest and most humiliating calamity which can befall an innocent man. The greater part of men, therefore, are sufficiently careful to avoid it.
Adam Smith's the Wealth of Nations: A Modern-day Interpretation of an Economic Classic
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The book is often considered to have laid the basic groundwork for modern economic theory"--Wikipedia.