O n July 8, 1723, a book was put on trial. The Grand Jury of Middlesex County Court, in England, was presented with a work that corrupted public morals to such an extent that it might “debauch the ...

The street names that Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville chose for the north shore city that bears his name might lack the whimsy of those he bestowed on streets in New Orleans — Poets, Craps, and, most ...

Your excellent editorial about GLP-1 drugs (“The challenges of a weight-loss economy”, The FT View, February 14) reminded me of Bernard Mandeville’s The Fable of the Bees (1714), which tells the story ...

Keir Hartley was right to remind us of Bernard Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees, in which he promoted the idea that private vices lead to public benefits (Letters, February 21). While his economic ...