| − | '''Laissez faire''' (let us do) is the economic theory of a true [[free market]] with no [[government]] intervention. Modern press approximately translates ''Laissez faire'' into, "Do what you will", from French. A noted [[advocate]] of the ''laissez faire'' style of economy was [[Adam Smith]], who pioneered the theory of modern [[capitalism]], but as [[Thomas Malthus]] and [[David Ricardo]], did not use the term. | + | '''Laissez faire''' (let us do or let us work) is the economic theory of a true [[free market]] with no [[government]] intervention. Modern press approximately translates ''Laissez faire'' into, "Do what you will", from French. A noted [[advocate]] of the ''laissez faire'' style of economy was [[Adam Smith]], who pioneered the theory of modern [[capitalism]], but as [[Thomas Malthus]] and [[David Ricardo]], did not use the term. |