The Laissez-Faire Experiment

The Laissez-Faire Experiment
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 504
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ISBN-10 : 9780691213415
ISBN-13 : 0691213410
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Book Synopsis The Laissez-Faire Experiment by : W. Walker Hanlon

Download or read book The Laissez-Faire Experiment written by W. Walker Hanlon and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Britain’s attempt at small government proved unable to cope with the challenges of the modern world In the nineteenth century, as Britain attained a leading economic and political position in Europe, British policymakers embarked on a bold experiment with small and limited government. By the outbreak of the First World War, however, this laissez-faire philosophy of government had been abandoned and the country had taken its first steps toward becoming a modern welfare state. This book tells the story of Britain’s laissez-faire experiment, examining why it was done, how it functioned, and why it was ultimately rejected in favor of a more interventionist form of governance. Blending insights from modern economic theory with a wealth of historical evidence, W. Walker Hanlon traces the slow expansion of government intervention across a broad spectrum of government functions in order to understand why and how Britain gave up on laissez-faire. It was not abandoned because Britain’s leaders lost faith in small government as some have suggested, nor did it collapse under the growing influence of working-class political power. Instead, Britain’s move away from small government was a pragmatic and piecemeal response—by policymakers who often deeply believed in laissez-faire—to the economic forces unleashed by the Industrial Revolution.


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