In brief, all this Mammon-Gospel of Supply-and-demand, Competition, Laissez-faire, and Devil take the hindmost, begins to be one of the shabbiest Gospels ever preached on Earth; or altogether the shabbiest.
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Laissez faire
/ˌlɛ(ˌ)seɪ ˈfɛəɹ/
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a wise passivenessautarkybimetallismcapitalismcapitalistic systemcontemplationcontemplativecontemplative lifeculpaculpable negligenceculpably negligentdefaultderelictderelictiondisregarddo-nothingdo-nothing policydo-nothingismdo-nothingnessdormancy
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noninvolvementnonparticipationnonperformancenonresistancenonrestrictionnonrestrictivenonviolencenonviolent resistancenullificationoff-guardomissionoverlookingoverly permissiveoversightpacifismparalysisparalyticparalyzedparty lineparty principle
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While laissez-faire economy was the product of deliberate State action, subsequent restrictions on laissez-faire started in a spontaneous way. Laissez-faire was planned; planning was not.
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I think the city should take a laissez faire approach to this; getting involved would only make things worse.
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The Senator claims to be laissez faire, but he voted in favor of the subsidies.
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