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The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

W. Walker Hanlon

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Description:Why Britain’s attempt at small government proved unable to cope with the challenges of the modern worldIn 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World). To get started finding The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Why Britain’s attempt at small government proved unable to cope with the challenges of the modern worldIn 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World). To get started finding The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

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