Characteristic of self-sufficiency, usually applied to political states or to their economic systems.
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Auto autarky The other extreme would be for Beijing to kick foreign companies out of the country.
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Only limited autarky could be achieved.
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The State's first big idea was the Gaelicisation of Ireland -economic autarky plus the revival of Irish as the main vernacular.
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India, under Jawaharlal Nehru, went for autarky too, closing its borders to trade in the hope of sparking a boom in import substitution.
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In various ways they are all likely to help the cause of anti-EU populists: greater economic autarky, stronger borders and more hostility to green policies.
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Autarky is not an inevitability.