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Laissez-faire (/ ˌ l ɛ s eɪ ˈ f ɛər / LESS-ay-FAIR, from French: laissez faire [lɛse fɛːʁ] ⓘ, lit. ' let do ' ) is a type of economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of economic interventionism (such as subsidies or regulations ).
Laissez-faire François Quesnay ( French: [fʁɑ̃swa kɛnɛ] ; 4 June 1694 – 16 December 1774) was a French economist and physician of the Physiocratic school. [ 1 ] He is known for publishing the " Tableau économique " (Economic Table) in 1758, which provided the foundations of the ideas of the Physiocrats. [ 2 ]
[60] [incomplete short citation] The strongest defender of laissez-faire was The Economist founded by James Wilson in 1843. The Economist criticised Ricardo for his lack of support for free trade and expressed hostility to welfare, believing that the lower orders were responsible for their economic circumstances.
[A]t the center of classical liberal theory [in Europe] was the idea of laissez-faire. To the vast majority of American classical liberals, however, laissez-faire did not mean no government intervention at all. On the contrary, they were more than willing to see government provide tariffs, railroad subsidies, and internal improvements, all of ...
The other was the political doctrine of laissez-faire economics, namely that all coercive government regulation of the market represents unjustified interference, and that economies would perform best with government only playing a defensive role in order to ensure the operation of free markets.
Cowell's new laissez-faire attitude has left him with few regrets. One glaring frustration, however, is not owning the naming rights to One Direction, the boy band formed out of The X Factor in 2010.
[2] In Japan in particular, the term ri, which is the Confucian idea of "order and harmony on human society" also came to represent "the idea of laissez-faire and the rationality of market exchange." [ 2 ] By the 1880s, the slogan "Civilization and Enlightenment" became potent throughout Japan, China, and Korea and was employed to address ...
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