Political Science · Political Theory
The present day liberals, known as positivist liberals, are in favour of:
APushing the state out of the economic field
BDoing away with the state's interference in the economic sphere
CState regulation of economic conditions in the interest of workers ✓ Correct
DState regulation to protect the interests of the capitalists
Correct answer: (C) State regulation of economic conditions in the interest of workers — Positivist or modern liberals favour state regulation of economic conditions in the interest of workers, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Positivist or modern liberals favour state regulation of economic conditions in the interest of workers, so that is the answer.
★Positive liberalism holds that real freedom needs the state to remove poverty, ignorance and disease.
★It supports welfare measures, labour protection and redistribution to make liberty effective for all.
★This marks the shift from the negative state of classical liberalism to the positive, enabling state.
★Pushing the state out of the economy describes classical and neo-liberal positions, not positivist liberalism.
★Ending all state interference is the laissez-faire demand it explicitly rejects.
★Thinkers like T. H. Green, L. T. Hobhouse and J. A. Hobson shaped this welfare oriented liberalism.
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