Where do we go from here?

Gavin Kennedy has taught in universities for 32 years and has published widely in negotiation behaviour and in defence economics. He is the author of "Adam Smiths Lost Legacy" and set up this blog and this book companion site. He was impressed by an article writtten by JG Vasallo in yesterday's Malta Independent. From Adam Smith Legacy Blog (29 Oct 05):

J. G. Vassallo writes an excellent article, “Where do we go from here?”, in Malta Independent On Line (The Malta Business Weekly, 29 October, St Julians, Malta), while discussing a brief recent history of political affairs in the island of Malta and the problems created by its governments. His answer to his own question, “Where do we go from here?” is a lovely link between Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” (March 1776) and the US “Declaration of Independence” (4 July 1776). I am not sure whether Jefferson had a copy of the “Wealth of Nations” in time for it to have influenced his drafting of the “Declaration”...That the sentiments of the “Declaration” and Smith’s works are of similar vintage is at least a reasonable assertion without implying conscious borrowings...