Laissez Faire and the General-welfare State: A Study of Conflict in American Thought, 1865-1901Laissez faire in American thought and policy, 1763-1865 -- Herbert Spencer versus the state -- Academic and popular theorists of laissez faire -- Laissez faire and the American businessman -- Laissez faire becomes the law of the land -- The social gospel -- The new political economy -- Sociology, political science, and pragmatism -- In quest of reform -- The legislative record -- The general-welfare state in the twentieth century. |
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PREFATORY NOTE | 29 |
ACADEMIC AND POPULAR THEORISTS OF LAISSEZ FAIRE | 47 |
LAISSEZ FAIRE AND THE AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN | 96 |
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