Subject: chomsky citation and mandeville 's paradoxin his ' fable of the bee : or , private vice , public benefit ' ( 1732 ) , bernard de mandeville argue that the wealth of a nation result from private vice of the citizen . this be mandeville 's paradox : intentional action of individual may bring about social phenomenon intend by no one . part of the persistent chomsky - boom exemplify mandeville 's paradox : a great deal of people cite chomsky do so in order to show that he 's wrong - - and , with the implication that he do n't deserve be cite so frequently ! ( i owe mandeville 's paradox to rudus keller ( 1990 ) sprachwandel . francke verlag : tuebingen . ) marttus nyman department of general linguistic , university of helsinkus , finland