...case, not on those who resist, but on those who recommend, government interference. Laisser-faire, in short, should be the general practice: every departure...unless required by some great good, is a certain evil. . . . We have observed that, as a general rule, the business of life is better performed when those...

...chapter leads, after some consideration of special cases, to the conclusion that "Laissez-faire . . . should be the general practice; every departure from...unless required by some great good, is a certain evil." We have but to turn a few pages of the chapter, however, to discover exceptions to this "general practice....

...matched the principles of the laissez-faire economic programme of the period: "letting alone . . . should be the general practice: every departure from...unless required by some great good, is a certain evil" (John Stuart Mill 1843, Principles of Political Economy, quoted by Perkin 1969 p. 323). Thus, under...

...would, but to the untrammelled exercise of private property rights. He did say that 'laissez-faire should be the general practice; every departure from it, unless required by some greater good, is a certain evil' but he was perfectly willing to advocate piecemeal collective action...

...recommend, government interference. Laisser-faire, in short, should be the general practice: everv departure from it, unless required by some great good, is a certain eviL . . . We have observed that, as a general rule, the business ot life is better performed when those...

...John Stuart Mill, for all his flexibility of mind, never abandoned the essential point: "Laisserfaire, in short, should be the general practice: every departure...it, unless required by some great good, is a certain evil."5 Had the principle of the self-acting economy rested on its logic alone, it would have been...

...defends a general policy of laisse^faire with respect to economic activities: 'Laisser-faire . . . should be the general practice: every departure from...unless required by some great good, is a certain evil.' But significant 'departures' from the general policy are also said to be expedient. See POPE, CW, iii.936-71....

...indispensable to progress."45 Further, with numerous specific reservations, Mill advocates laissez faire which "should be the general practice: every departure from...it, unless required by some great good, is a certain evil."46 And Mill is fully capable of castigating members of the laboring classes for their complicity...

...defends a general policy of laissez-faire with respect to economic activities: 'Laissez-faire . . . should be the general practice: every departure from...it, unless required by some great good, is a certain evil'.70 But significant 'departures' from the general policy are also said to be expedient. Recognizing...

...be thrown not on those who resist but on those who recommend government interference. Letting alone, in short, should be the general practice: every departure...unless required by some great good, is a certain evil. In short, we get a presumption, not an absolute prohibition. The question is why doesn't the argument...