thomas carlyle define lasseiz-faire capitalism as "
anarchy plus the constable".
2006-09-14 20:22:10 · 4 answers · asked by carmi_leen 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
http://trotsky.org/archive/marx/works/1850/03/carlyle.htm
2006-09-18 06:45:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because laissez-faire = no-one is ruling, no-one is in control ~ ie, anarchy (lit, no rule) ~ that's what the words mean. The 'constable'? I wouldn't know who he was thinking of. Maybe he means 'the invisible hand', or maybe he meant the laws that govern business -- even in his day there were a few such as taxes, banking laws, the requirement to file accounts, etc.
2006-09-21 19:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by MBK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that mean that capital nation can adjust itself with no or little gov intervention, like anarchy, but actually controllable
2006-09-21 21:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by david w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no governance, but only let the market to ajust it. constable, maybe implies monitoring.
2006-09-22 08:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by goshawk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋