Bernard Mandeville’s defence of private vices with public benefits

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When famed country singer Willie Nelson’s home caught fire in 1969, he fought his way through the flames to rescue his best friend and bandmate, Trigger. Fifty-six years later, they’re still making mu

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MARIE-LOUISE left every house she cleaned in tip-top condition. It amazed and horrified her how dirty other people could be. Sometimes she would arrive in one of the holiday homes that she cleaned thr