inflationismn.
/ɪnˈfleɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ɪnˈfleɪʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ᵻnˈfleɪʃəˌnɪzəm/ The condition or fact of being inflated; the policy of inflating the currency. Also transferred and figurative.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > an economic policy > specific policies and actions
protection1719
co-operation1817
tariff-reform1859
monetary union1866
border protection1875
rationalization1875
tariffication1892
tariffade1904
inflationism1919
NEP1923
war communism1928
voodoo economics1930
substantivism1931
sterilization1938
deficit spending1941
deficit financing1943
tax-and-spend1956
indexation1960
stop-go1964
incomes policy1965
scala mobile1965
quantitative easing1966
jawboning1969
Nixonomics1969
developmentalism1970
degrowth1971
inflation-proofing1973
NEB1973
dollarization1982
fiscal engineering1982
Rogernomics1985
1919 J. M. Keynes Econ. Consequences Peace 223 The inflationism of the currency systems of Europe has proceeded to extraordinary lengths.
1930 New Statesman 9 Aug. 572/2 The book is a tract against inflationism.
1938 C. Connolly Enemies of Promise ix. 93 The deflationary activities of the Cambridge critics..have replaced the inflationism of Bloomsbury.
1973 Spectator 3 Mar. 280/3 His real enemy is not the dialectical materialism of the Marxist militants but the dialectical inflationism of the Tories' own monetary policy.
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