What is laissez afire capitalism What is laissez afire capitalism Solution 1. Laissez Faire is French for \" leave alone \" which means that the government leaves the people alone regarding all economic activites. 2. it is the separation of economy and state. 3. there are two ways that a government typically is tempted to interefere with the economy. The first is through the inititaion of force, and second is through socialized industeries . 4 Neither of these activites are aligned with the proper role of government and are both unacceptable 5. It is actually redudant, due to nature of capitalism. Therefore , simply, capitalism is sufficent to get the point across although historically it has been misrepresented as compatible with government economic interference .