Photo: Michael Mucci

Has there ever been a time when Scotland has so grabbed the world's  attention?  First it was the Commonwealth Games, now it's whether Scotland  will vote to secede from the United Kingdom.  This issue boils down to just  one thing and it's not patriotism. It's economics. Scotland can boast that one  of its sons, Adam Smith, wrote the first full treatise in economics. If only the  Scots could call upon his wisdom now to help the decide whether to break with  England.

Certainly when Smith wrote The Wealth of Nationsin 1776 he felt the  political union

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