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laissez faire
(redirected from laisser faire)

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laissez faire noun abstinence from action, hands-off policy, nonhampering, noninfringement, noninterference, nonintermeddling, noninterruption, nonintervention, nontampering, refraining from involvement, reeusal to become involved


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This conservatism is identified with the promotion of commerce and industry, laisser faire capitalism, private enterprise and a minimal role for government.
Hayek assisted this reevaluation of capitalism by rejecting laisser faire in the very first pages of The Road to Serfdom, and saying that he favored government intervention for monetary, environmental, and anti-trust policies.
 
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