economic controls
Government market intervention
Economic controls are government measures that regulate economic activity—price caps, wage freezes, rationing, trade restrictions, or limits on capital movement.
Governments typically impose them during wartime, inflation crises, or emergencies: The administration implemented economic controls to combat rising prices.
The term often carries negative connotations, suggesting interference with free markets.
- price ceilingMandated maximum charge
- price freezeMandated cost stability
- import tariffTax on goods entering country
- rationing systemRegulated distribution of limited supplies
- black marketIllicit trading system
government intervention · trade embargo · price floor · wartime rationing · sanctions · subsidy · quantitative easing · customs duty · tax incentive · trade barrier · trade restrictions · currency manipulation · fiscal stimulus · free trade agreement · quota · nationalization · price fixing · monetary policy
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Commerce without state intervention
laissez-faire · deregulation · free enterprise · market economy · economic freedom
economic controlseconomic liberty
Freedom in commerce
economic freedom · free economy · non-intervention · decontrol
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