A system or policy that emphasizes fiscal matters and financial management, especially one prioritizing government revenue and budgeting.
From 'fiscal' plus the suffix '-ism' meaning 'a system or ideology.' This is a modern administrative term that emerged as governments developed more sophisticated approaches to financial governance in the 19th-20th centuries.
Fiscalism reflects a modern obsession with measuring and managing government through numbers—it's the belief that good financial accounting can solve most policy problems, which has become increasingly dominant in how countries manage themselves.
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