mercantilistic
Export-over-import ideology
Mercantilistic describes policies or attitudes rooted in mercantilism—the economic theory that national wealth comes from accumulating gold and maintaining trade surpluses.
The term often carries a critical edge, suggesting outdated or protectionist thinking: Their mercantilistic approach to trade ignores the benefits of open markets.
Sometimes used loosely to mean commercially aggressive or profit-obsessed.
Transporting goods to destinations
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- goodsThings for sale
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
caravan · entrepôt · warehouse · guild · commodities · barter · export · import
Taxes on imports
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- charterFounding organizational document
interventionism · legislation · customs · embargo · protectionist
Balanced gains and losses
- specieMoney in metal form
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- autarkyComplete economic independence
gold · silver · treasure · accumulation · coinage · minting · commodities · exports
Domain under unified control
- coloniesTerritories under foreign control
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- expansionIncrease in scope
conquest · plantations · outpost · exploitation · extraction · settlers · indigenous
shipping
Transporting goods to destinations
marketplace · caravan · entrepôt · warehouse · guild · commodities · barter · export · import · cargo
tariffs
Taxes on imports
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
charter · interventionism · legislation · customs · embargo · protectionist
zero-sum
Balanced gains and losses
- specieMoney in metal form
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
autarky · gold · silver · treasure · accumulation · coinage · minting · commodities · exports · protectionism
empire
Domain under unified control
- coloniesTerritories under foreign control
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
expansion · conquest · plantations · outpost · exploitation · extraction · settlers · indigenous
mercantilisticlaissez-faire
Noninterference in commerce
globalist · free-market · liberalized · deregulated · internationalist
mercantilisticclassical liberal
Pre-twentieth-century freedom philosophy
liberal · neoliberal · libertarian · capitalistic · internationalist