Item
The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits
- Title
- en_US The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits
- Description
- en_US Bernard Mandeville
- Creator
- en_US Mandeville, Bernard See all items with this value
- Date
- 2016-01-25T16:07:36Z
- en_US 1994-03
- en_US 1970?
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T16:07:36Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1732
- Abstract
- en_US I read this work over a Big Mac in Boulder and enjoyed it! Originally the bees were full of vices and they were thriving. Their crimes conspired to make them great (5). Then Jove removed fraud, and there were surprising results. Prices went down; lots of trades went out of business; pride and luxury decreased; eventually all arts and crafts shut down; the whole economy stopped. Moral: Vice is beneficial when constrained by justice. The text itself is 13 short pages.
- Identifier
- en_US 942153197
- en_US 1795 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Original Fourth Edition: London: J. Tonson. Reprint: Seattle: Entropy Conservationists.
- en_US London
- Subject
- en_US BJ1520.M4 1970b See all items with this value
- en_US Mandeville See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books