lais|sez-faire

lais|sez-faire
lais|sez faire or lais|ser faire «LEHS ay FAIR»,
1. the principle that trade, business, industry, etc., should operate with a minimum of regulation and interference by government: »

After 1945, Belgium stood for laissez faire and orthodox economics, while Holland seemed a model Keynesian economy (Economist).

2. the principle of letting people do as they please: »

Not everyone is sufficiently inner-directed to enjoy laissez faire.

[< French laissez faire allow to do (as one pleases)]
lais|sez-faire or lais|ser-faire «LEHS ay FAIR», adjective.
of or based on laissez faire; not interfering: »

The laissez-faire economic policy…gave Germans a driving incentive to rebuild (Time).


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