"laissez faire"
Dublin Core
Title
"laissez faire"
Subject
A system of economic thought
Description
Transactions between private parties should be absent of any form of economic interventionism such as regulation and subsidies.
Creator
Monsieur Le Gendre to Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Source
Article in Journal économique by René de Voyer, Marquis d'Argenson
Date
1681
Collection
Citation
Monsieur Le Gendre to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, “"laissez faire",” History of Economics, accessed April 17, 2026, https://www.historysandd.margobergman.org/items/show/32.