Example sentences for: laissez-faire

How can you use “laissez-faire” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For their part, the British claimed that laissez-faire policy precluded intervention in the market to halt the crisis, and that the Irish needed to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.

  • A story about the development of HDTV contends that, contrary to laissez-faire dogma, government regulation can help private industry make better products.

  • The Post story describes the far more laissez-faire approach taken by eBay, the explodingly popular site that allows users to barter, trade, and sell everything from pez dispensers to can openers.

  • Economists spend much of their time working out the implications of "market failure" caused by departures from the assumptions of the standard laissez-faire model.

  • According to the Times , the crackdowns represent the biggest shift in campus social policy since the '60s student revolts ushered in laissez-faire attitudes.


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