Acemoglu and Robinson Basically Ignored Adam Smith

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Acemoglu and Robinson do discuss recent empirical research by economic historians. The book is compelling and highly readable and their bibliographical essay references a number of works by Douglass North.

But the authors did not mention the work of Adam Smith. I gave above the only mention of Smith that I could find.

Postscript:

Since writing my op/ed, I came across this piece by Ryan Young of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. It’s excellent.

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