History A-Level
Laissez-faire economics
What Laissez-faire economics means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Laissez-faire economics
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An economic policy towards which government shifted from mercantilism and the Corn Laws, alongside free trade.
Topics that use Laissez-faire economics
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)
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