{"product_id":"the-fable-of-the-bees-or-private-vices-publick-benefits-9780865970724","title":"The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bernard Mandeville | F. B. Kaye\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethics \u0026amp; Moral Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt used to be that everyone read the \"notorious\" Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733). He was a great satirist and came to have a profound impact on economics, ethics, and social philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fable of the Bees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e begins with a poem and continues with a number of essays and dialogues. It is all tied together by the startling and original idea that \"private vices\" (self-interest) lead to \"publick benefits\" (the development and operation of society).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom that simple beginning, Mandeville saw that orderly social structures (such as law, language, the market, and even the growth of knowledge) were a spontaneous growth developing out of individual human actions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46290375049367,"sku":"9780865970724","price":4089.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780865970724.webp?v=1767701345","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-fable-of-the-bees-or-private-vices-publick-benefits-9780865970724","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}