How would you characterize the prevailing political economy in American history (i.e. laissez-faire, state-supported capitalism, state-restraint of capitalism, none of the above, etc.

What have been the major turning points in its evolution, and what explains the supremacy of this attitude?

Your answer to this question should make a compelling case for one way for interpreting the prevailing views and structures across American history (even if your argument is that there is no central view) but can/should acknowledge points at which those views and structures were challenged.