Intervention, and a fable
how intervention spreads; gas stoves, toilets et al:
Interventionism: An Economic Analysis, by Ludwig von Mises and Bettina Bien Greaves
It is the purpose of this essay to analyze the problems of government interference in business from the economic standpoint. The political and social consequences of the policy of interventionism can only be understood and judged on the basis of an understanding of its economic implications and effects.
a very good precursor to Hume, Smith and Darwin:
The Fable of the Bees, by Bernard Mandeville