KnowraLaissez-faireLinked fromLinked fromThe 39 pages that link to Laissez-faire, each with the reason it gives.All 39Broader topic 1Related 13Compared with 25Adam SmithCompared with: Smith supported competitive exchange but also defended public duties and regulation in specific cases.Social DarwinismRelated: Social Darwinist arguments sometimes framed nonintervention as allowing natural competition to operate.John RuskinCompared with: Ruskin disputed the assumption that unrestricted competition reliably serves human welfare.Classical economicsRelated: Classical arguments about markets and state functions became influential in debates over economic liberty.Economic planningCompared with: It represents the opposite presumption about the state's role in coordinating production.Classical liberalismBroader topic: It is a particularly strong application of classical liberal economic reasoning.Industrial policyCompared with: It contrasts with industrial policy's deliberate effort to influence industrial structure.Mixed economyCompared with: It represents a more limited public role than most mixed economies permit.Social market economyCompared with: The social market economy retains market exchange but rejects minimal intervention as its rule.Corn LawsCompared with: The dispute over grain duties tested the appeal of limiting state intervention in trade.PhysiocracyRelated: Physiocrats opposed restrictions they believed obstructed the natural movement of goods and wealth.Herbert SpencerRelated: Spencer’s political writings made laissez-faire a central application of his account of social adaptation.The Wealth of NationsRelated: Smith’s criticism of mercantile controls became associated with arguments for freer markets.Factory ActsCompared with: Factory regulation challenged the view that employment conditions should be left chiefly to private contract.Economic liberalismCompared with: It is a stricter position than economic liberalism, which can allow public regulation and provision.ProgressivismCompared with: Progressive regulation directly opposed laissez-faire responses to corporate power and social harms.Science policyCompared with: It contrasts with active public direction of research and technology.Developmental stateCompared with: It contrasts with the developmental state's deliberate direction of investment and industry.OrdoliberalismCompared with: Ordoliberalism rejects the idea that competition reliably survives without a strong legal framework.Calvin CoolidgeRelated: Coolidge generally favored private enterprise and restrained federal economic intervention.Economic policyCompared with: It challenges the premise that extensive state direction improves economic outcomes.New LiberalismCompared with: New Liberals rejected laissez-faire as an adequate response to poverty and social hardship.AgrarianismCompared with: Agrarian positions vary, but many reject the market concentration laissez-faire can leave unchecked.Cultural policyCompared with: It represents a narrower public role than active cultural funding and regulation.Thomas CarlyleCompared with: Carlyle rejected reliance on unregulated markets to resolve industrial poverty and social conflict.Planned economyCompared with: It represents a stronger commitment to market autonomy than mixed economies do.Free marketRelated: It expresses the political ideal most closely associated with free-market advocacy.Invisible handRelated: The metaphor is often invoked to support restraint, though it does not settle policy choices.Progress and PovertyCompared with: George rejects laissez-faire toward land ownership while defending free production and exchange.William Graham SumnerRelated: Sumner defended limited government and opposed policies he believed distorted economic competition.Paternalistic conservatismCompared with: Paternalistic conservatism permits intervention where laissez-faire would leave welfare chiefly to markets.The Road to SerfdomCompared with: Hayek rejects the choice between comprehensive planning and an absence of rules or public action.18th centuryRelated: Commercial growth and debates over political economy helped develop this doctrine.DirigismeCompared with: It marks the opposite end of the spectrum in state involvement in investment and production.François QuesnayRelated: Physiocrats used the principle to argue against restrictions on trade and agricultural markets.Saint-SimonianismCompared with: The movement’s planned coordination of production opposed laissez-faire reliance on market decisions.Anarchy of productionRelated: It treats decentralized private decisions as a preferred organizing principle.Market interventionCompared with: It represents the alternative of leaving prices and exchange largely to private decisions.Right-libertarianismRelated: It expresses the preference for market coordination over extensive economic regulation.
KnowraLaissez-faireLinked fromLinked fromThe 39 pages that link to Laissez-faire, each with the reason it gives.All 39Broader topic 1Related 13Compared with 25Adam SmithCompared with: Smith supported competitive exchange but also defended public duties and regulation in specific cases.Social DarwinismRelated: Social Darwinist arguments sometimes framed nonintervention as allowing natural competition to operate.John RuskinCompared with: Ruskin disputed the assumption that unrestricted competition reliably serves human welfare.Classical economicsRelated: Classical arguments about markets and state functions became influential in debates over economic liberty.Economic planningCompared with: It represents the opposite presumption about the state's role in coordinating production.Classical liberalismBroader topic: It is a particularly strong application of classical liberal economic reasoning.Industrial policyCompared with: It contrasts with industrial policy's deliberate effort to influence industrial structure.Mixed economyCompared with: It represents a more limited public role than most mixed economies permit.Social market economyCompared with: The social market economy retains market exchange but rejects minimal intervention as its rule.Corn LawsCompared with: The dispute over grain duties tested the appeal of limiting state intervention in trade.PhysiocracyRelated: Physiocrats opposed restrictions they believed obstructed the natural movement of goods and wealth.Herbert SpencerRelated: Spencer’s political writings made laissez-faire a central application of his account of social adaptation.The Wealth of NationsRelated: Smith’s criticism of mercantile controls became associated with arguments for freer markets.Factory ActsCompared with: Factory regulation challenged the view that employment conditions should be left chiefly to private contract.Economic liberalismCompared with: It is a stricter position than economic liberalism, which can allow public regulation and provision.ProgressivismCompared with: Progressive regulation directly opposed laissez-faire responses to corporate power and social harms.Science policyCompared with: It contrasts with active public direction of research and technology.Developmental stateCompared with: It contrasts with the developmental state's deliberate direction of investment and industry.OrdoliberalismCompared with: Ordoliberalism rejects the idea that competition reliably survives without a strong legal framework.Calvin CoolidgeRelated: Coolidge generally favored private enterprise and restrained federal economic intervention.Economic policyCompared with: It challenges the premise that extensive state direction improves economic outcomes.New LiberalismCompared with: New Liberals rejected laissez-faire as an adequate response to poverty and social hardship.AgrarianismCompared with: Agrarian positions vary, but many reject the market concentration laissez-faire can leave unchecked.Cultural policyCompared with: It represents a narrower public role than active cultural funding and regulation.Thomas CarlyleCompared with: Carlyle rejected reliance on unregulated markets to resolve industrial poverty and social conflict.Planned economyCompared with: It represents a stronger commitment to market autonomy than mixed economies do.Free marketRelated: It expresses the political ideal most closely associated with free-market advocacy.Invisible handRelated: The metaphor is often invoked to support restraint, though it does not settle policy choices.Progress and PovertyCompared with: George rejects laissez-faire toward land ownership while defending free production and exchange.William Graham SumnerRelated: Sumner defended limited government and opposed policies he believed distorted economic competition.Paternalistic conservatismCompared with: Paternalistic conservatism permits intervention where laissez-faire would leave welfare chiefly to markets.The Road to SerfdomCompared with: Hayek rejects the choice between comprehensive planning and an absence of rules or public action.18th centuryRelated: Commercial growth and debates over political economy helped develop this doctrine.DirigismeCompared with: It marks the opposite end of the spectrum in state involvement in investment and production.François QuesnayRelated: Physiocrats used the principle to argue against restrictions on trade and agricultural markets.Saint-SimonianismCompared with: The movement’s planned coordination of production opposed laissez-faire reliance on market decisions.Anarchy of productionRelated: It treats decentralized private decisions as a preferred organizing principle.Market interventionCompared with: It represents the alternative of leaving prices and exchange largely to private decisions.Right-libertarianismRelated: It expresses the preference for market coordination over extensive economic regulation.