war economy

A war economy is an economic system in which a nation’s resources, production, and policies are heavily directed toward supporting military conflict, often involving central planning, rationing, and reallocation of labor and capital from civilian to defense needs.

Aliases (1)

• World War I home front policy ×1

Instances (2)

• World War II economic mobilization
• “heatless Mondays” program ("World War I home front policy")