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Full Idea
Laissez-faire liberalism failed, because it did not offer people protections and real freedom - against discrimination, insecure work, educational disadvantage, lack of social respect, absence of representation. It was cold, distant, and ineffective.
Gist of Idea
Laissez-faire liberalism failed to give people the protections and freedoms needed for a good life
Source
Ian Dunt (How to be a Liberal [2020], 13)
Book Ref
Dunt,Ian: 'How to Be a Liberal' [Canbury Press 2020], p.445
A Reaction
A very nice summary, which I take to be correct.