[MisterB]

Found this book available to read online Irwin Schiff - How an Economy Grows and Why It Doesn't. (someone on reddit posted a link to it)
It tells the story of the development of a small islands economy from subsistence through to collapse. I think our economy is around page 95-96 of the story.

[TWilliam]

Great primer for teaching kids (and sadly, most adults) about how free-market capitalism should work and why it doesn't when government interferes, tho' the unspoken implication that never-ending growth is good is of course questionable...