The question whether the state should or should not ‘act’ or ‘interfere’ poses an altogether false alternative, and the term ‘laissez faire’ is a highly ambiguous and misleading description of the principles on which a liberal policy is based. Of course, every state must act and every action of the state interferes with something or other.
Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom via Bernard Harcourt
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Agreeing with Hayek: ‘Interference’ is Incoherent
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Written by David Kaib
September 12, 2012 at 2:59 pm
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