laissez-faire economy

collocation in English

meaningsoflaissez-faireandeconomy

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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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economy
noun
uk
/iˈkɒn.ə.mi/us
/iˈkɑː.nə.mi/
the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made ...
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When = 0.01, a 5 percent tax increase in thelaissez-faireeconomyfinances a subsidy equal to 33 percent of the cost of public investment.
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In alaissez-faireeconomywith a lump-sum pension, we have two deviations from the social optimum.
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By contrast, a subsidy to private providers in alaissez-faireeconomyis the preferred regime when the externality is large.
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The ultimate goal of economic reforms is alaissez-faireeconomywhere the state does not intervene in the economy.
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We show why these systems fail to correct the inefficiencies associated with thelaissez-faireeconomy.
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It is not to be assumed, even in an emerginglaissez-faireeconomy, that the interests of shareholders are always identical with those of the community.
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Britain succeeded in the industrial revolution, however, precisely because we had alaissez-faireeconomyby the international standards of the time.
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This they hoped would bring about an economic system with minimal regulations and tariffs, thus a morelaissez-faireeconomy.
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The whole system of individualistlaissez-faireeconomyhas we know, broken down.
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Smith maintained that alaissez-faireeconomywould naturally correct itself over time.
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