As the book that created the field of modern economics, the Wealth of Nations is generally regarded as one of the most influential books ever written. It’s for that reason that it’s been on my bucket list for a while now, but I was happy (and somewhat surprised) to find that it’s also quite an engaging read, for the most part. I am not an economist, and I understand that most of the concepts here have roots before Smith, but I found stunning the degree to which Smith derives the key ideas of economics…