During the late 1800s the principles of social darwinism and laissez faire economics were most closely associated with the interests of

Social darwinism and laissez faire economics were most closely associated with the interests of big business owners. Big business owners had the most to gain from embracing such tactics. With social darwinism and laissez faire these business owners could prevent the government from trying to regulate them and they could take out rival companies and potentially monopolize whichever market they operated in.