laissez faire

abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market
Intangible political_ideology Q171990
laissez faire
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laissez faire

Summary

laissez faire is a political ideology[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of political_ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (778 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • laissez faire's image is recorded as AdamSmith.jpg[3].
  • laissez faire's instance of is recorded as political ideology[4].
  • laissez faire's instance of is recorded as economic ideology[5].
  • laissez faire's subclass of is recorded as capitalism[6].
  • laissez faire's subclass of is recorded as parenting style[7].
  • laissez faire's subclass of is recorded as economic policy[8].
  • laissez faire's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016118[9].
  • laissez faire's spoken text audio is recorded as En-us-laissez-faire.ogg[10].
  • laissez faire's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • laissez faire's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
  • laissez faire's described by source is recorded as Siyasî Düşünce Sözlüğü[13].
  • laissez faire's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/laissez-faire[14].
  • laissez faire's different from is recorded as linguistic laissez-faireism[15].
  • laissez faire's NE.se ID is recorded as laissez-faire[16].
  • laissez faire's Quora topic ID is recorded as Laissez-Faire[17].
  • laissez faire's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as economie/laisser-faire[18].
  • laissez faire's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as laissez-faire[19].
  • laissez faire's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as laissez_faire[20].
  • laissez faire's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 184743266[21].
  • laissez faire's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3931791[22].
  • laissez faire's Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID is recorded as laissez-faire[23].
  • laissez faire's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Laissez-faire[24].
  • laissez faire's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C184743266[25].
  • laissez faire's A Dictionary of Sociology entry ID is recorded as 1235[26].

Why It Matters

laissez faire ranks in the top 10% of political_ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (778 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

It has been cited as an influence by anarcho-capitalism[29], a political ideology[30].

FAQs

Who did laissez faire influence?

laissez faire has been cited as an influence by anarcho-capitalism[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . rationalwiki.org. Retrieved . rationalwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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