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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
closed economy
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Consider a simple closed economy with no government.
▪ In a closed economy, it follows that by definition, Investment is seen as an activity of firms.
▪ Stage 1 will tend to be more powerful than in a closed economy.

Usage examples of "closed economy".

Deprived of its lifelines from the home world, the Moon was full: a stagnant, closed economy.

If this seems like a bit of a closed economy to you, I would hasten to remind you that no one has ever accused the Deveels of bein’.

If this seems like a bit of a closed economy to you, I would hasten to remind you that no one has ever accused the Deveels of bein' dumb when it comes to turnin' a profit.

If this seems like a bit of a closed economy to you, I would hasten to remind you that no one has ever accused the Deveels of bein' dumb when it comes to tumin' a profit.

In the closed economy of a spaceship, littering was a capital sin.

Worrall, although a prosperous enough closed economy, had always been lacking, until this time, in exports that would fetch high prices on the interstellar market.