Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
884083 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2009 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

This article explores the way that Darwin and Spencer integrated laissez-faire ideas into their evolutionary biology, and how they then extrapolated from their evolutionary theories to social and economic thought. It argues that Darwin and Spencer developed laissez-faire social Darwinism independently, making both important progenitors of it.

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