laissez-faire
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“In the transition, I told the incoming Trump team that they should really pick up that dialogue. But the Trump administration’s view was just far more laissez-faire, and they didn’t seem particularly interested in it.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
The private-college sector didn’t rise in a laissez-faire market.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Trading volume on prediction markets has soared and upended the gambling industry under the laissez-faire status quo.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
Taking a laissez-faire attitude toward information and financial transactions could be a very big mistake.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025
Appealing though this laissez-faire undoubtedly was, especially for amateur musicians, it resulted in instrumental music that did not make great demands on players, their instruments, or indeed composers.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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