Adam Smith and the Origins of American Enterprise : How the Founding Fathers Turned to a Great Economist's Writings and Created the American Economy

Smith (entrepreneurship and finance, New York University) brings the little-known history of the country's commercial development to light, looking at how the Founding Fathers drew on the ideas of Adam Smith to create a vibrant economy in a rural land exhausted after the Revolutionary War ended in 1781. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)