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Smith and Ricardo, but he gave them a slant of his own: he continued to believe strongly in laisser-faire and free trade, but in his Principles of Political Economy (especially in the third edition in 1852) he made reference to socialism, which was emerging at that time, and defended co-operation.

John Stuart Mill 2006

One of these was the gradual displacement of a so-called laisser faire economic system by one in which the concentration and centralisation of capital was giving birth to what later came to be called the captains of industry.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

One of these was the gradual displacement of a so-called laisser faire economic system by one in which the concentration and centralisation of capital was giving birth to what later came to be called the captains of industry.

Speech closing the debate at the opening of Parliament 1999

Sounds like crazy Wall Street-style laisser-faire!

Matthew Yglesias » Linda Chavez Sees Social Democracy Around the Corner 2009

I should have recognized that my daughter needed a controlled aproach to eating, not a laisser-faire approach.

Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Best of 2009 2009

Stumbling upon an apartment on the top of a medieval castle owned by that delightful couple who restored it, was, I guess, “la chance unique de votre vie – à prendre, ou à laisser” … and you took it!

lié - French Word-A-Day 2010

Tangential — on economist. com, Google reports 300-some hits for “laissez-faire” and 180-some for “laisser-faire”.

Annals of Strange Prescriptions: Under the circumstances « Motivated Grammar 2010

C'est dur de la laisser seule, sans aide, si prêt de son accouchement mais je ne peux pas rester.

Global Voices in English » Bahrain, Oman: The Lives Of Migrant Workers 2009

He wished to preserve a market economy, without believing that laisser faire makes everything for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

Matthew Yglesias » The Time to Punish 2009

Expressions: en panne = out of order panne sèche = out of gas tomber en panne d'essence = to run out of gas laisser quelqu'un en panne = to let someone down avoir une panne d'oreiller = to oversleep rester en panne devant une difficulté = to be stumped (by a problem)

Savoir Vivre 2010