Laissez-faire
What Laissez-faire means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
Strict doctrine the state gradually abandoned as it turned towards addressing the severe consequences of industrialisation.
A capitalism in which the government's adherence meant minimal state intervention in business.
Republican policies that stimulated corporate investment but exacerbated wealth inequality.
Topics that use Laissez-faire
- 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 – Reform and challenge, c1851–c1886 (AQA A-Level)
- 1K The making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975 – The Era of Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865–1890 (AQA A-Level)
- Boom and crash, 1920–29 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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