the.com/laissez faire
the economic policy of crossing your fingers and calling it a strategy.
means a hands-off approach where markets, people, or systems are left to run themselves without interference.
from french for let do or let it be, coined by 18th-century french physiocrats answering a minister who asked what government should do for commerce.
first useattributed to merchant legendre, annoyed by regulators
adam smithnever actually used the phrase himself
gilded ageamerica's excuse for zero labor protections
parenting termnow doubles as a hands-off child-rearing style