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Political Science Economic Policy

Grumbling Hive Revisited

Private Greed, Public Need

by (author) Bernard Mandeville

Publisher
Bunim & Bannigan
Initial publish date
Aug 2015
Category
Economic Policy
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781933480121
    Publish Date
    Aug 2015
    List Price
    $8.99

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In the original Grumbling Hive, dishonesty and vice created employment and wealth, inspiring Adam Smith, whose idealization of  markets is a template for today’s unbridled capitalism. In Mandeville Sr.’s  fable, a turn to honesty by his bees ( miniature Europeans) ruins the economy. In Mandeville Jr.’s  fable, bees as they are, a  community based on mutual support and selfless care, are ruined by the adoption of  unbridled capitalism.

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