dirigisme

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I don't mean the measure itself, obviously: a wretched piece of dirigisme which will end in stagnation, inflation and debt.

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  1. The practice or inclination to direct (activities) by a central authority; as, the linguistic dirigisme of prescriptivists clashes with the modern tendency toward acceptance of multiculturalism. See also dirigiste.

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  • Rather than challenge dirigisme, the British and Americans are busy following it: Gordon Brown is ushering in new financial rules and higher taxes, and Barack Obama is suggesting that America could copy some things from France, to the consternation of his more conservative countrymen.
  • I don't mean the measure itself, obviously: a wretched piece of dirigisme which will end in stagnation, inflation and debt. —  Telegraph Blogs
  • Two current examples of Democrat-Socialist dirigisme are "green" energy and nationalized healthcare. —  MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory
  • I asked directions to anything just to hear her speak .. michaelreuter: @loic frenchness tags: taste, savoir vivre, grandezza, dirigisme, intellectuel, culture, nourriture, paris, st. tropez, arrogance vaelentin: @loic: What is your 1 / 4 French? —  Loic Le Meur podcast
  • In France, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, director of the country's SEC equivalent, told Le Monde this week that the crisis represents "the revenge of Colbert" -- referring not to Comedy Central's Stephen but to Jean-Baptiste, Louis XIV's mercantilist finance minister and the apostle of dirigisme. —  The Nation: Top Stories
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