I am reminded of both "Diet for a Small Planet" (the political portion of the book) and "Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed".  There is also TV Tropes "Stop helping me":  <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StopHelpingMe" rel="nofollow">http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StopHelpingMe</a>