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Meanings of laissez-faire capitalism in English

Russian
laissez faire
Portuguese
laissez-faire
Spanish
capitalismo laissez-faire
Catalan
laissez faire
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Abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market.

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        Usage of laissez-faire capitalism in English
        1
        Polanyi's great insight is that laissez-faire capitalism goes hand in hand with an interventionist, bureaucratic state.
        The Guardian
        2
        For example, during the Golden Age of laissez-faire capitalism, recessions were often preceded by bank failures.
        Economics Without Illusions
        3
        Union leaders and reformers increasingly questioned the unrestrained laissez-faire capitalism that had allowed this to happen.
        American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
        4
        Strict laissez-faire capitalism created extraordinary wealth in late 19th- and early 20th-century America.
        The Guardian
        5
        Ayn Rand's gospel of unadulterated laissez-faire capitalism seems to be gaining popularity among a new generation of followers.
        The Guardian
        6
        The bipolar booms and busts of laissez-faire capitalism became the much more manageable phenomenon of the business cycle.
        The Guardian
        7
        Hong Kong's seven million people continue to operate under the laissez-faire capitalism that flourished during its time as a British colony.
        Reuters