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laissez-faire
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lais·sez-faire
/ ˌlesā ˈfe(ə)r; ˌlezā/
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n.
a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
∎ Econ.
abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market:
[as adj.]
laissez-faire capitalism.
DERIVATIVES:
lais·sez-faire·ism
/ ˈfe(ə)rˌizəm/ n.
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The political economy of laissez-faire.(analysis of industrial economy)
Magazine article from: Journal of Economic Issues; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Laissez-faire has several complicated roles in our culture. It is an intellectual...States. All of these roles contribute to the political economy of laissez-faire. Laissez-Faire and the State Classic Liberalism The nation-state's...
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Sherryl Davis Kasper. The Revival of Laissez-Faire in American Macroeconomic Theory.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History of Economics Review; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Davis Kasper. The Revival of Laissez-Faire in American Macroeconomic Theory...as to whether the revival of a laissez-faire program was the consequence of...toward a non-interventionist laissez-faire agenda. If the latter, then...
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How to be a value-free advocate of laissez faire: Ludwig von Mises's solution.(Point Counterpoint: Can the Advocate of Laissez-Faire Policies Also Claim to be Value Free?)
Magazine article from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...economic reasoning leads one to favor laissez faire. This paper presents the reasoning...that an economist could advocate laissez faire and still remain value free stemmed...nature of human cooperation under laissez faire by means of the division of labor...
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The ideology of the laissez faire program.
Magazine article from: Journal of Economic Issues; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...theory supports a (generally) laissez faire, noninterventionist position...true, however, that a generally laissez faire position did dominate the profession...though the promotion of the laissez faire program should not be confined...
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Laissez Faire Books Now Accepts GoldMoney.
News Wire article from: PrimeZone Media Network; 5/29/2003; 629 words
; ...can now be used for online purchases from Laissez Faire Books (www.laissezfairebooks.com and...the first and only e-currency accepted by Laissez Faire Books. For over 30 years, Laissez Faire Books has offered the world's most comprehensive...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Laissez-faire economy? You've got to be kidding
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 11/5/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...has a culture that celebrates laissez-faire capitalism as the economic ideal...First, let's establish what laissez-faire capitalism is. Broadly defined...the means of production. Under laissez-faire capitalism, government activity...
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The assault that failed: the progressive critique of laissez faire. (1999 Survey of Books Related to the Law) (book reviews) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Michigan Law Review; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; THE PROGRESSIVE ASSAULT ON LAISSEZ FAIRE: ROBERT HALE AND THE FIRST LAW...in the side of the defenders of laissez faire, among whom I am quite happy...of the classical principles of laissez faire, remembered today only for the...
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The End of Laissez-Faire: National Purpose and the Global Economy After the Cold War.
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 3/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; The End of Laissez-Faire: National Purpose and the Global...heard that Americans have forsaken laissez-faire economics. It happened when Alexander...and the home of the subsidy. Pure laissez-faire--economic activity untouched by...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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The End of Laissez Faire.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/13/1991; 700+ words
; ...His task is to herald the end of laissez faire-"as theory, as policy, and...trouble over what he means by laissez faire. To justify the book's title...judiciously. This is awkward. Since laissez faire is about to end, it must evidently...
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Laissez Faire Books.(New Businesses: a listing of business start-ups in Arkansas)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 9/15/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...mail: Kathleen@lfb.com Laissez Faire Books may be new to Arkansas...continues to design and lay out Laissez Faire's catalogs. Rent in the company...it is in Arkansas, she said. Laissez Faire stores multiple copies of more...
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Laissez-Faire
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Laissez-Faire The doctrine of laissez-faire was first systematically developed by the physiocrats in...economic life, not just an economic policy doctrine. Later laissez-faire came to be understood mainly as an economic policy doctrine...
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laissez-faire
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
laissez-faire [Fr.,=leave alone], in economics...Formulations of the Doctrine Historically, laissez-faire was a reaction against mercantilism...first formulated the principles of laissez-faire. With the physiocrats, state noninterference...
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Laissez‐faire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Laissez‐faire, a French term literally meaning...economists such as Adam Smith, laissez‐faire ideas soon found their way to the...Socialism . Bibliography Sidney Fine , Laissez Faire and the General‐Welfare...
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Laissez Faire
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
LAISSEZ FAIRE Laissez faire is an economic theory that favors the free market and is suspicious of government intervention in the conduct of business and industry. It encourages private ownership and personal initiative as the best means to enrich...
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laissez-faire economics
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
laissez-faire economics An approach to economics...state regulation to a minimum. Current laissez-faire economic theorizing has its origins...influence of New Right philosophies, laissez-faire economics is now once more in the political...
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