Definition of Autarky

1. Noun. Economic independence as a national policy.

Exact synonyms: Autarchy
Generic synonyms: Independence, Independency
Derivative terms: Autarchical, Autarkical, Autarkical

Definition of Autarky

1. Noun. National economic self-sufficiency. ¹

2. Noun. The state of personal self-sufficiency. ¹

3. Noun. An enclosed ecosystem. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Autarky

1. national economic self-sufficiency [n -KIES] : AUTARKIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autarky

autapse
autapses
autaptic
autarch
autarchic
autarchical
autarchies
autarchs
autarchy
autarkic
autarkical
autarkically
autarkies
autarkist
autarkists
autarky (current term)
autecic
autecious
autecism
autecisms
autecological
autecologies
autecology
autem
autem bawler
autem cackler
autem cacklers
autem dipper
autem dippers
autem diver

Literary usage of Autarky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pensions, Savings and Capital Flows: From Ageing to Emerging Markets by Helmut Reisen (2000)
"... OECD (%) autarky scenario 8.0 7.1 6.5 Globalization scenario 8.0 7.3 6.9 Difference 0.2 0.4 Net saving rate, OECD (% of GDP) autarky scenario 6.9 5.0 ..."

2. Population Policy and Individual Choice: A Theoretical Investigation by Marc Nerlove, Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka (1987)
"Thus the absence of a capital market corresponds to the familiar autarky equilibrium of trade theory, where the relative prices (that is, rates of return to ..."

3. Making Markets: Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Post by Shafiqul Islam, Michael Mandelbaum (1993)
"For example, whereas some degree of autarky may have been possible for the large and resource-rich USSR, it clearly was not for the smaller countries of ..."

4. China: Progress and Reform Challenges by (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (2003)
"In practice, autarky had to be applied flexibly, for example to allow for ... A major result of autarky was that a wide range of consumer goods common in ..."

5. Effects of Exchange Rate and Trade Policies on Agriculture in Pakistan by Alberto Valdés (1990)
"The matrix inversion subroutine is called to calculate autarky (no trade) ... autarky consumer prices of nontraded goods are compared with import and export ..."

6. Globalisation, Poverty and Inequality by Richard Kohl (2003)
"elite and consider first a situation of autarky. What are the incentives for that group to subsidise or publicly provide education? ..."

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