public policy the broad strategy government uses to do its job; the relatively stable set of purposive governmental behaviors that address matters of concern to some part of society laissez-faire an e...public policy the broad strategy government uses to do its job; the relatively stable set of purposive governmental behaviors that address matters of concern to some part of society laissez-faire an economic policy that assumes the key to economic growth and development is for the government to allow private markets to operate efficiently without interference