No. Really. He didn’t.

Read this.

And when you’re done, actually read The Wealth of Nations.

And when you’re done with that, read Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments.

And you might actually read something by David Hume (this year is the three hundredth anniversary of his birth, if anyone’s counting), who is far closer to the spirit of the founding father (intellectually speaking) of capitalism than Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, of the fellows residing at the Cato Institute or the Heritage Foundation.