When I read that the autarky of the Third Reich is perfect on paper, then I know that this is a case of political formalism

a closed, autarkic (meaning self-sufficient) economy [...] may be poor, solitary and undemocratic, but at least it is free of problems caused by other economies, by external deficits or surpluses

reinforced the autarkic character of the Soviet zone

it leads to advocating ‘autarchic’ solutions, which consist in ‘delinking’ the economies of the periphery from the world market and pursuing ‘auto-centred’ economic development

Amin's autarkic policies were in fact adopted by the Khmer Rouge

The shift is born of despair, as any prospects for international revolution recede. But if it is utopian to hope that international support is around the corner, how much more so is it to wager on the impossible – autarchic socialism?

caused cooperatives and unions to run along mostly autarchic paths

But even the most anticommunist among the Bandung delegates supported the idea of some autarky for the Third World from the immense power of the First World.

This did not mean that every region should produce everything for itself and therefore live in a state of pure autarky. On the contrary, trade is crucial because some regions have smaller markets than others, and raw materials and agricultural lands are not evenly distributed along national lines.

She witnessed the autarchy of the skies.