Ayn Rand opposed control of economic policy by the state.
In politics , she condemned the initiation of force as immoral , and opposed collectivism and statism as well as anarchism , and instead supported laissez-faire capitalism , which she defined as the system based on recognizing individual rights .	initiation of force	initiation of force	collectivism	collectivism	statism	statism	anarchism	anarchism	laissez-faire	laissez-faire	capitalism	capitalism	individual rights	individual rights
In political science , statism is the belief that the state should control either economic or social policy , or both , to some degree .	political science	political science	the state	state (polity)	economic	economic policy	social policy	social policy
