Benjamin Franklin Norris, better known simply as Frank Norris, was the first celebrated American writer to use the naturalist style. His first work under that genre, or any genre for that matter, to garner any mass attention was a piece by the …show more content…
The phrase laissez-faire comes from the French for “let them do it.” The practice called for free, unregulated business and an economy in which supply, demand and self-interested competition would organically provide for the needs of the public. However, it extended further than simple economic measures; the idea of hands-off government applied to all aspects of life. It made no provisions for the poor, sick, elderly, or any other vulnerable group of people. These were generally ignored by the government, which left the task to private organizations such as churches and charities. Indeed, the laissez-faire approach asserted that the government’s involvement in economics and public affairs was unethical. The government’s sole role was in the protection of individual