laissez-faire

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laissez-faire

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  1. Laissez-faire is a French term meaning "leave it alone". It refers to a social, political and economic idea where people make their own decisions and the government does not make decisions for the people.
    In Ayn Rand's novels, people do better under laissez-faire government.