Laissez-faire is a French term that translates to "let them do." It's typically used in regard to an economic philosophy that argues against government intervention in the economy. However, ...
That two-word phrase is a reminder — a reminder to politicians and officeholders to let us live our lives the way we want to ...
Jacob Soll has written “Free Market: The History of an Idea” not to praise the free market but to bury it. The laissez-faire economists Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman were, for Mr. Soll, peddlers ...