(US) A council that coordinates the domestic policy-making process in the White House and offers policy advice to the President

A fiscal policy achieved through government intervention, as opposed to automatic stabilizers.

(historical) A policy of population control in China, whereby a married couple is allowed only one child.

Honesty is preferable as a course of action because it tends to work out best in the end.

plural of scorched-earth policy

Alternative spelling of scorched-earth policy

plural of scorched earth policy

(military) A strategy that involves destroying buildings, crops, and other resources that could be useful to opponents. / (figuratively) An intentional course of action that is drastic or ruinous.

(politics, derogatory) An attempt to influence public policy through press releases intended to alarm the public into demanding action from their elected officials.

plural of domestic policy council