Definition of "interventionism" []

• The policy or practice of intervening, especially: (noun)
• The policy of intervening in the affairs of another sovereign state. (noun)
• The use of government power to control or influence domestic economic activity. (noun)

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• "The problem with the new wave of government interventionism is going to be that governments are always bubble cheerleaders, not bubble-poppers."
• "If you agree that interventionism is not an option (that is how I interpret your post) then what can you propose?"
• "And only non-interventionism is consistent with classical republicanism and small-goverment conservatism."