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autarky

(n): economic independence as a national policy
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6 months ago John said:

"India was emerging at that time from a long spell of economic autarky and stagnation, in which one had to reserve long-distance telephone calls as if they were tables at a posh restaurant, days in advance."
The New York Times, December 25, 2007

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