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Page § 4. — increase of the occupations and responsibilities of government566 5. — superior efficiency of private agency, owing to stronger interest in the work568 6. — importance of cultivating habits of collective action in the people570 7. Laisser-faire the general rule572 8. — but liable to large exceptions. Cases in which the consumer is an incompetent judge of the commodity. Education576 9. Case of persons exercising power over others. Protection of children and young persons; of the lower animals. Case of women not analogous580 10. Case of contracts in perpetuity584 11. Cases of delegated management585 12. Cases in which public intervention may be necessary to give effect to the wishes of the persons interested. Examples: hours of labour; disposal of colonial lands588 13. Case of acts done for the benefit of others than the persons concerned. Poor Laws593 14. — Colonization596 15. — other miscellaneous examples603 16. Government intervention may be necessary in default of private agency, in cases where private agency would be more suitable606
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