mercantilist
Export-over-import advocate
A mercantilist advocates or practices mercantilism—the economic theory that national wealth depends on accumulating gold and silver through favorable trade balances.
As an adjective, it describes policies or attitudes favoring exports over imports, protectionism, and state control of commerce: mercantilist trade policies, a mercantilist approach to foreign competition.
Shielding local producers
Transporting goods to destinations
- exportForeign-bound sale
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- goodsThings for sale
- maritimeOf the sea
entrepôt · warehouse · cargo · freight · consignment · overseas · exchange · import
Balanced gains and losses
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- autarkyComplete economic independence
- dirigismeState-directed economic policy
Precious metal in bulk
- specieMoney in metal form
- goldElement seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
accumulation · hoard · capital · riches · coffers · stockpile
Large-scale farming operation
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- exploitationSelfish use of others
settlement · territory · extraction · outpost · governor · subjugation · indigenous · expansion
Supreme independent authority
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- nation-stateSovereign political territory
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
empire · power · alliance · annexation · regime · commonwealth · geopolitics
protectionism
Shielding local producers
shipping
Transporting goods to destinations
- exportForeign-bound sale
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- goodsThings for sale
maritime · entrepôt · warehouse · cargo · freight · consignment · overseas · exchange · import · embargo
zero-sum
Balanced gains and losses
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- autarkyComplete economic independence
bullion
Precious metal in bulk
treasure · accumulation · hoard · capital · riches · coffers · stockpile
plantation
Large-scale farming operation
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
exploitation · settlement · territory · extraction · outpost · governor · subjugation · indigenous · expansion
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- nation-stateSovereign political territory
- hegemonyDominant group's control
diplomacy · empire · power · alliance · annexation · regime · commonwealth · geopolitics
mercantilistfree trader
Open-borders commerce advocate
free-marketeer · free marketeer · physiocrat · classical liberal · globalist
mercantilistlibertarian
Anti-statist political adherent
deregulator · privatizer · physiocrat · Adam Smith · Milton Friedman