The author here is one of the two contributors to Cafe Hayek, a primarily-econ blog that I find continually useful. Instead of focusing on Adam Smith's by far best-known work (The Wealth of Nations), this book is built on The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
I think Smith was an incredibly astute observer - his understanding of human nature is makes the economic principles that he articulates so solid. This same deep understanding comes through in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (which I've not read), as explicated by the author here.
More self-help-y than I normally prefer, but Russ Roberts and Adam Smith make for a highly useful combination.
They hammer home - effectively and repeatedly - just how easy it is for each of us to fool ourselves - so difficult to see ourselves accurately. Not a novel insight, but expressed in a useful way.
Easy read, worthwhile.
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