The average value of Virginia real estate was $5,000 per acre in 2008, compared to $4,900 in 2007. In West Virginia, real estate value climbed by $200 per acre in 2008, to $2,500 per acre from $2,300 per acre.
Definition. Laissez faire is the belief that economies and businesses function best when there is no interference by the government. It comes from the French, meaning to leave alone or to allow to do. It is one of the guiding principles of capitalism and a free market economy.
The doctrine of laissez-faire is usually associated with the economists known as Physiocrats, who flourished in France from about 1756 to 1778. The policy of laissez-faire received strong support in classical economics as it developed in Great Britain under the influence of economist and philosopher Adam Smith.