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laissez-faire
(redirected from Laissez-faire capitalism)

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laissez-faire
Of, relating to, or being an economy devoid of government interference.


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As a result, the average American leaves school generally believing that laissez-faire capitalism needs to be restrained and that a benevolent government is working to ensure that consumers, taxpayers, and small entrepreneurs are not being exploited by Big Business.
Business vs. government: in his book The Big Ripoff, Timothy Carney ... by Farmer, Brian / The New American
These as the acceptance of laissez-faire capitalism as not just a neutral, value-free economic system, but one that is morally good, and a lens that views social problems as mere extensions of personal problems that are moral or spiritual in nature.
The impact of the American Dream on evangelical ethics by Corbin, Wyndy / Cross Currents
And while Sinasac takes pains to suggest that his protagonist was no socialist in Catholic clothing, he paints Somerville as a constant critic of laissez-faire capitalism, and its tendency to stifle social reformers with a radical-atheist tag.
Fateful Passages The Life of Henry Somerville, Catholic Journalist by Mastromatteo, Mike / Catholic Insight
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