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Murray N. Rothbard
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(This is an excerpt from Chapter 16 of An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought , Vol. I and II , Edward Elgar, 1995; Mises Institute 2006. Here is his source page ) Adam Smith (1723-90) is a mystery in a puzzle wrapped in an enigma. The mystery is the enormous and unprecedented gap between Smith’s exalted reputation and the