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{{about|the economic policy|the card game|Beggar-My-Neighbour}}

'''Beggar thy neighbour''', or beggar-my-neighbour, is an expression in [[economics]] describing policy that seeks benefits for one country at the expense of others. Such policies attempt to remedy the economic problems in one country by means which tend to worsen the problems of other countries. 

== Original application ==
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  | title = The Global impact of the Great Depression 1929-1939 
  | year = 1996
  | page = 6-7
  | publisher = Routledge
|isbn = 0415118190 }}</ref>

The phrase is in widespread use, and is used in such publications as ''[[The Economist]]''<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8601486 | work=The Economist | title=Beggar thy neighbour | date=25 January 2007}}</ref> and ''[[BBC News]]''
.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/the_economy/286761.stm | work=BBC News | title=CAP: Beggar thy neighbour | date=26 February 1999}}</ref>. The term presumably originates from the name of the [[Beggar-My-Neighbour]] card game.

== Economics use ==
The term appears in the title of a number of works on economics:
* Gower, E.A., ''Beggar My Neighbour! : The Reply to the Rate Economy Ramp'', Assurance Agents' Press, (Manchester), 1932.

== Other uses ==
The term has also been used as the title of a number of literary works:
* [[Emily Gerard|Gerard, Emily]] & Gerard, Dorothea, ''Beggar My Neighbour: A Novel'', W. Blackwood and Sons, (Edinburgh), 1882.
* Drew, Sarah, ''Beggar My Neighbour'', J.M. Ousley & Son, (London), 1922.
* Fielden, Lionel, ''Beggar My Neighbour'', Secker and Warburg, (London), 1943.
* Ridley, Arthur, ''Beggar My Neighbour: A Comedy in Three Acts'', Evans Bros., (London), 1953.
* Macelwee, Patience, ''Beggar My Neighbour'', Hodder and Stoughton, (London), 1956.

== See also ==
* [[Currency war]]
* [[Protectionism]]
* [[Mercantilism]]
* [[Domestic policy]]
* [[Economic policy]]
* [[Monetary policy]]
* [[International trade]]
* [[Balance of trade]]

==References==
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{{Economics}}

[[Category:International economics]]


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