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economic policy

DEFINITIONS OF: economic policy

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n a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues

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fiscal policy
a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)
New Deal
the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt
control
the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
perestroika
an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
protectionism
the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition
price control
restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by the government (as during periods of war or inflation)
cap, ceiling, roof
an upper limit on what is allowed
base, floor
a lower limit
import barrier, trade barrier
any regulation or policy that restricts international trade
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policy
a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government
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