Interventionism

The interventionism of the State in the economy of the country

There exist various levers of economic intervention, leading to various forms of interventionisms:

the Welfare state, acting on the redistribution of the incomes

the Industrial policy (also including the service S) whose objectives and means of actions can be:

to support the creation and the development of " champions nationaux" or of new dies (Pole of competitiveness),
to direct the public budget of Scientific research worms of the fields considered to be priority,
to develop Infrastructure S (transport, water, electricity, communications…) considered useful for the economic activity.

the Assistance with the investment or the creation of companies

the Protectionism defensive (barriers with the importation) or offensive (subsidy of the exporters, great contracts of export negotiated of State in State, etc)

the Monetary policy and budgetary from a point of view of action of the economic situation.

the commercial Regulation (standards…), of work (wages, schedules), environmental, etc

Interventionism in a conflict

Political interventionism

One speaks about interventionism in a conflict when a State or an organization intervenes in a conflict between two other parts. It is in particular the case of the United Nations (UNO).

That can also apply to the internal conflicts with a country, in the form of humane Ingérence, to help the civil populations victims of the war or any other oppression.

Economic interventionism

The saving of war (or preparation of the war) consists in reorientating the forces of production towards the sector of the armament, that brings to restrict the consumption of nonmilitary goods for the population. In the extreme case of shortage that can lead to Rationnement S.

In addition the questions of provisioning of time of war can become crucial and lead the adversaries to strategies of Blocus, of seizure on certain interior or external resources. The States can then seek productions of substitution (Ersatz) for their population. Economic aids or financial foreign can also prove to be necessary.

After the war, if this one created damage on the territory of the country, is launched a phase of Reconstruction with reorientation of the economy towards the re-equipment and the conversion of industry as well as the residences and infrastructures, generally with the detriment of the everyday consumption which remains still rationed during a certain time.

Limits of interventionism

Economic interventionism is a strategy which seeks to proportion the share of the Marché and that of the State. The debates are sharp concerning the level of this proportioning, making it possible to compensate for in particular the perverse effects of each system. This level varies according to the context and the aims in view. Thus the economic Mondialisation, which makes it even the object of controversies on its advantages and disadvantages, limits certain rooms for maneuver of each State taken individually. That led to the development, certainly still embryonic, of organizations having sufficient legitimacy (see the article: democratic Universalization) to play a part supranational interventionist .

The same debate exists for political interventionism, concerning the limits of the Souveraineté of the States and, concerning the decision making of the interventions, between the Unilatéralisme and the Multilatéralisme.

Political Colbertisme
State intervention
of revival
Welfare state
John Maynard Keynes
Interference humane
Saving in war
Theory of the public choices
Capitalism of State