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The era of laissez-faire happiness might be coming to an end. Some prominent economists and psychologists are looking into ways to measure happiness to draw it into the public policy realm. Thirty years from now, reducing unhappiness could become another target of policy, like cutting poverty.


Several passers-by were killed in the ambush.

passer

Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːsə/ 

NOUN

1A person who gives or transfers something to someone else:the passer of the note

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1.1(In soccer, rugby, and other games) a player who kicks, hits, or throws the ball to another on their side:he is an excellent passer of the ballone of the league’s most accurate passers

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2A legislative or other official body that approves or puts into effect a proposal or law byvoting on it:a passer of legislation

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pass the buck

informal Shift the responsibility for something to someone else:elected political leaders cannot pass the buck for crisis decisions to any alternative source of authority

laissez-faire

noun [U] (ALSO laisser-faire)
1 unwillingness to get involved in or influence other people's activities:
The problems began long before he became headteacher, but they worsened with his laissez-faire approach/attitude.


2 If a government is laissez-faire, it does not have many laws and rules which control the buying and selling of goods and services.



I know that the dictionary has "laissez-passer" as meaning free pass, or "let-go"