Autarky

  

A fancy term that means a country is self sufficient on the economic front. They do not need international trade to get everything they need...their domestic production does the job.

The term can refer to economy as a whole, or it can relate to a particular sector. Take food production as an example. A country like Israel might strive to be autarky as it relates to food because it is difficult to import into the country.

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