Maybe i overread it but The Fable of the Bees is from Bernard Mandeville. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fable_of_the_Bees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The

Maybe i overread it but The Fable of the Bees is from Bernard Mandeville. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fable_of_the_Bees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fable_of_the_Bees My two takes for a good historic understanding of economics are this Books: Economics of Good and Evil, Tomáš Sedláček https://www.amazon.com/Economics-Good-Evil-Economic-Gilgamesh/dp/019932218X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474617689&sr=8-1&keywords=Tom%C3%A1s+Sedl%C3%A1cek https://www.amazon.com/Economics-Good-Evil-Economic-Gilgames... and Schwarzbuch Kapitalismus, Robert Kurz (could't find a English Version) https://www.amazon.com/Schwarzbuch-Kapitalismus-Ein-Abgesang-Marktwirtschaft/dp/3548363083/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474617771&sr=8-1&keywords=robert+kurz https://www.amazon.com/Schwarzbuch-Kapitalismus-Ein-Abgesang...