The Ancient Greek civilization is so well known because of how much it impacts society today. They were the first ones to set the stage to many key things still used today like philosophy, literature, astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. Not only does it impact us it also affected other great civilizations like the Roman Empire. They overall are the root of who we are as a society today especially in the education aspect.
One of the main ways in which laissez faire economic ideas influenced Britain's leaders during the early years of the industrial revolution is that they started to reduce government regulation and oversight of business, since they felt this was harming productivity.
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