autarky

noun3

1. •
   A personal condition or state of self-reliance; independence.

   • But a good man shall be satisfied from himself] For he hath a spring vvithin his ovvn breast, he needs not sharke abroad: he hath an autarkie, a self-sufficiency, 1 Tim[othy] 6.6. — 1650
2. •
   (A policy of) national economic self-sufficiency, aimed at ending reliance on foreign imports to sustain a domestic economy.
3. •
   A self-sufficient country or region which is not dependent on international trade to function economically.

   • Does this mean that the era of autarkies and of economic nationalism is ended? — 1948