what does the term laissez-faire mean?

Question

i am studying the irish famine and this is a policy used by the british government duing that time/

Answer 1

Hands-off, let it go, don't interfere.

Answer 2

It means that the government took an approach where things were left alone, in terms of the irish famine, the british government decided to leave the economy alone because they believed the economy would naturally recover, but it didn't therefore leaving a lot of people to starve as the Irish needed the help of Britain.

Answer 3

Definitions of laissez faire on the internet: •individualism: the doctrine that government shouldn't intervene in commercial affairs •individualistic: with minimally constrained freedom in commerce •Laissez-faire (: French, ; English, ) is a French word actually which potential "permit do." From the French diction first utilized by using the eighteenth century physiocrats as an injunction against government interference with commerce, it grew to alter into used as a synonym for nineteenth-century capitalism. ...

Answer 4

Laissez-faire is the theory that government should have as little influence as possible in the nation's economy.

In the case of ireland, the government backed off and let the economic ruin happen without trying to assist in any way leading to enormous suffering.

Answer 5

It means a very laid back approach, almost uncaring. This basically means that the British government did very little to aid the people of Ireland during the famine.

Answer 6

its a government policy meaning "leave it alone". basically the gov didn't used to interfere in domestic side of politics (health care, labour rights that sort of stuff) and only focused on foreign policy in the main. so a laissez faire gov. would not generally provide much help to the ppl as they thought that it wasn't really to do with them
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Answer 7

i did this last year - was it the Liberal government? they used it for a while and it basically means that the state inteferes as little as possible. Although it might sound like a good idea now, imagine being poor and unable to work (and in Irelands case starving) and the government won't do anything like old age pensions...

Answer 8

"laissez-faire" is short for "laissez faire, laissez aller, laissez passer" which means, let do, let go, let pass. It basically means a free-market economy with minimal government oversight, regulation, or interference.

Answer 9

this means the goverenment had a relaxed or little involvement into the rules and regulations of the work houses of the time. that is to say they did set out guidelines in which work houses had to adhere too, instead, each one made up their own.

Answer 10

it means hands off. they didn't want to get involved. the Irish were on their own.