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In US history, an influential but misleading
social theory, based upon the work of Charles
Darwin and Herbert Spencer, which claimed to
offer a scientific justification for late
19th-century laissez- faire capitalism (the
principle of unrestricted freedom in
commerce). Popularized by academics and by
entrepreneurs such as Andrew Carnegie, social
Darwinism was used to legitimize competitive
individualism and a market economy
unregulated by government; it argued that
only the strong and resourceful businesses
and individuals would thrive in a free
environment.