Claim: Ayn Rand was an advocate for free and open trade between private citizens without governmental interference.
Evidence: 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.
Laissez-faire -LRB- -LSB- ˌlɛseɪˈfɛr - -RSB- , -LSB- lɛsefɛʁ -RSB- from -RRB- is an economic system in which transactions between private parties are free from government intervention such as regulation , privileges , tariffs , and subsidies.