Download or read book Laissez Faire and the General-welfare State written by Sidney Fine and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laissez faire in American thought and policy, 1763-1865 -- Herbert Spencer versus the state -- Academic and popular theorists of laissez faire -- Laissez faire and the American businessman -- Laissez faire becomes the law of the land -- The social gospel -- The new political economy -- Sociology, political science, and pragmatism -- In quest of reform -- The legislative record -- The general-welfare state in the twentieth century.