laissez-faire economics

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meaningsoflaissez-faireandeconomics

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laissez-faire
noun[U]
uk
/ˌleɪ.seɪˈfeər/us
/ˌleɪ.seɪˈfer/
unwillingness to get involved in or influence other ...
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economics
noun[U]
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪks/us
/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪks/
the way in which trade, industry, or money is organized, or the study ...
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They will have gone up market no matter what lip service they may have given to the free market andlaissez-faireeconomics.
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The trouble was that there was a return to the overriding weakness oflaissez-faireeconomics—a propensity to instability.
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He espoused conservative principles such as nationalism, individualism, constitutionalism,laissez-faireeconomics, property rights, and opposition to reform.
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They are often considered to be interventionist as opposed tolaissez-faireeconomics.
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Concern extends even to such supporters (or former supporters) oflaissez-faireeconomicsand private sector financiers.
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To this end, they favorlaissez-faireeconomics, fiscal conservatism, and the promotion of personal responsibility over welfare programs.
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In particular, the response of the right wing for using it as justification for social darwinism andlaissez-faireeconomics(free-market capitalism).
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The main elements are low democratic restraint, having more of a stake in the past than the present andlaissez-faireeconomics.
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Cohen was an advocate of liberalism in politics, and was opposed tolaissez-faireeconomics.
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To this end, they advocate in favor oflaissez-faireeconomics, fiscal conservatism, and the elimination of government run welfare programs in favor of private sector nonprofits and encouraging personal responsibility.
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Mosley also considered corporatism as an attack onlaissez-faireeconomicsand international finance.
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