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The 39 pages that link to Laissez-faire, each with the reason it gives.

• Social DarwinismRelated: Social Darwinist arguments sometimes framed nonintervention as allowing natural competition to operate.

• Classical economicsRelated: Classical arguments about markets and state functions became influential in debates over economic liberty.

• 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.

• Calvin CoolidgeRelated: Coolidge generally favored private enterprise and restrained federal economic intervention.

• 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.

• William Graham SumnerRelated: Sumner defended limited government and opposed policies he believed distorted economic competition.

• 18th centuryRelated: Commercial growth and debates over political economy helped develop this doctrine.

• François QuesnayRelated: Physiocrats used the principle to argue against restrictions on trade and agricultural markets.

• Anarchy of productionRelated: It treats decentralized private decisions as a preferred organizing principle.

• Right-libertarianismRelated: It expresses the preference for market coordination over extensive economic regulation.