The Laissez-Faire Experiment / The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Bd.97 (PDF)
In the nineteenth century, as Britain attained a leading economic and political position in Europe, British policymakers embarked on a bold experiment...
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Why Britain's attempt at small government proved unable to cope with the challenges of the modern world
In the nineteenth century, as Britain attained a leading economic and political position in Europe, British policymakers embarked on a bold experiment with small and limited government. By the outbreak of the First World War, however, this laissez-faire philosophy of government had been abandoned and the country had taken its first steps toward becoming a modern welfare state. This book tells the story of Britain's laissez-faire experiment, examining why it was done, how it functioned, and why it was ultimately rejected in favor of a more interventionist form of governance.
Blending insights from modern economic theory with a wealth of historical evidence, W. Walker Hanlon traces the slow expansion of government intervention across a broad spectrum of government functions in order to understand why and how Britain gave up on laissez-faire. It was not abandoned because Britain's leaders lost faith in small government as some have suggested, nor did it collapse under the growing influence of working-class political power. Instead, Britain's move away from small government was a pragmatic and piecemeal response-by policymakers who often deeply believed in laissez-faire-to the economic forces unleashed by the Industrial Revolution.
- Autor: W. Walker Hanlon
- 2024, 506 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691262535
- ISBN-13: 9780691262536
- Erscheinungsdatum: 10.09.2024
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