...through seven reprintings, the last of which was in 1871. 45. In one place he says, "[L]aissez-faire, in short, should be the general practice: every departure...unless required by some great good, is a certain evil" [950]. In another he says, [A]sa general rule, the business of life is better performed when those...

...Mill, for example, after examining the pros and cons, arrives at the conclusion that "laisser-faire, in short, should be the general practice: every departure...unless required by some great good, is a certain evil." But since he had no criterion by which to measure the greatness of a great good, the best he could...

...it is clear that the onus is always "on those who recommend government interference. Laissez-faire, in short, should be the general practice: every departure...it unless required by some great good, is a certain evil"69 Believing with M. Comte that there are no absolute truths in the political art, nor indeed...

...944) In sum, Mill advises that a laissez-faire approach "should be the general practice," and that "every departure from it, unless required by some great good, is a certain evil" (Mill 1871, p. 950). This follows from Mill's general rule: "the business of life is better performed...

...century later, displayed an equal ambivalence toward free markets. He argued that "laissez faire . . .should be the general practice; every departure from it, unless required by some greater good, is a certain evil," but had little difficulty in identifying justifiable interventions,...

...on what the government ought to do or not. The guiding principle is the following: " Laisser-faire, in short, should be the general practice: every departure from it, unless required be some great good, is a certain evil" (Mill 1985, p. 314). 5 Beside the duties of a night-watch state,...

...to an evolutionary socialism, Mill in his most common stance favored laissez-faire: "Laissez-faire, in short, should be the general practice: every departure...unless required by some great good, is a certain evil." Principles of Political Economy (London: JW Parker, 1848), 947. 16. See, for example, Reinhard Bendix,...

...usually began with a short, unambiguous statement advocating the classical position— "laissez-faire, in short, should be the general practice; every departure from it, unless required by some greater good, is a certain evil" is an excellent example." Then he would expand on the qualification—...

..."the province of government."82 Mill declared that laissez-faire "should be the general practice" and "every departure from it, unless required by some great good, is a certain evil." This was not only because governments tended to be inefficient,84 but because democratic government...

...Leathers 2003: 75-7). For example in most cases of economic activities, Mill believed, 'Laisserfaire, in short, should be the general practice: every departure...unless required by some great good, is a certain evil' (Mill 1969: 950). In the case of education, however, Mill saw that a departure from laissez faire would...