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Was Darwin or Spencer the father of laissez-faire social Darwinism?

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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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  • Weikart, Richard, 2009. "Was Darwin or Spencer the father of laissez-faire social Darwinism?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 71(1), pages 20-28, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:71:y:2009:i:1:p:20-28
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    1. J. Barkley Rosser, 2014. "Natural Selection versus Emergent Self-Organization in Evolutionary Political Economy," Advances in Austrian Economics, in: Entangled Political Economy, volume 18, pages 67-91, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    2. Keith Hooper & Gina Xu, 2012. "From legitimacy by character to legitimacy by image: Ethics and accounting practices in New Zealand," Managerial Auditing Journal, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 27(8), pages 754-773, August.

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