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laissez-faire


  • s  with minimally restricted freedom in commerce

  • It is, in a way, a bit of the Old West, a semilawless, laissez-faire street of chance, a zone of temptation and humiliation, harshly lit by neon signs that crackle their messages .
  • When he came to office in 1933, laissez-faire had undermined the temples of capitalism, thrown a quarter of the labor force out of work, cut the gross national product almost in .
  • The zoo's deputy director insisted that the laissez-faire approach had a reason: "If you don't let the mothers practice, they'll never learn how to bring up their cubs," he said.
News & Articles

  • Mr. Marketing: Saying goodbye to my thirsty garden
    For 10 years I’ve watched my lawn slowly die. Working at home, I stare out the window a lot. It’s been depressing. While I enjoy playing in the dirt, I have a laissez-faire attitude towards shrubbery. Hence the dead lawn and the HOA complaints.
    June 12, 2013 - Pomerado Newspaper Group
  • Mr. Marketing: Saying goodbye to my thirsty garden
    For 10 years I’ve watched my lawn slowly die. Working at home, I stare out the window a lot. It’s been depressing. While I enjoy playing in the dirt, I have a laissez-faire attitude towards shrubbery. Hence the dead lawn and the HOA complaints.
    June 12, 2013 - Pomerado Newspaper Group
Quotes

  • Nicolas Sarkozy in Washington Post
    Laissez-faire is finished,said French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a recent speech. "The all-powerful market that always knows best is finished."
  • Stephane Dion in Edmonton Sun
    He has no plan and continues with his laissez-faire, I-don't-care approach, doing nothing to help Canada face the worsening economic situation in North America,Dion said during a campaign stop in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
  • Liam Byrne in guardian.co.uk
    Writing in the report Rethinking Immigration and Integration for the centre-left think-tank Policy Network, Mr Byrne said: "We also have to accept that laissez-faire migration runs the risk of damaging communities where parts of our anti-poverty...

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