Which statement represents a central idea of
laissez-faire economics?
(1) class struggles are based on inequities.
(2) workers should form unions to better their
conditions.
(3) prices are best determined by supply and
demand.
(4) the government should own all means of
production.

tearing down the berlin wall.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.