This paper challenges the idea that the US economy has corresponded to a laissez-faire model. Broadly speaking, this lack of fit between the model and empirical reality results from ideology and culture. Liberalism has been and is a cornerstone of American identity. But the discursive practice...

This paper challenges the idea that the US economy has corresponded to a laissez-faire model. Broadly speaking, this lack of fit between the model and empirical reality results from ideology and culture. Liberalism has been and is a cornerstone of American identity. But the discursive practice...