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Fiscal policy
laissez-faire laissez-faire
Active government intervention
A laissez-faire economic policy involves a minimum of government interference in business.
A laissez-faire economic policy involves a minimum of government interference in business.
There is little government regulation of business.
Basically, it means that the government will not do anything. When you hear the word Laissez think Lazy.
In a truly Laissez-fire economy, the government does not do anything related to the economy. There are probably no truly laissez-fire economies in the world.
Active government intervention
Adam Smith was a famous philosopher and economist that suggested that government should follow a policy of laissez-faire during the 18th century.
policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy
Luisiana Purchase -> Lewis and Clark Laissez-faire policy