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'''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 ==
The term was originally devised to characterize policies of trying to cure [[Domestic policy|domestic]] [[Depression (economics)|depression]] and [[unemployment]] by shifting effective demand away from imports onto domestically produced goods, either through [[tariffs]] and [[Import quota|quotas]] on [[imports]], or by [[competitive devaluation]].  The policy can be associated with [[mercantilism]] and the resultant barriers to pan-national [[single market]]s.

== Extended application ==
"Beggar thy neighbour" strategies of this kind don't apply only to countries: [[overgrazing]] provides another example, where the pursuit by individuals or groups of their own interests leads to problems. This dynamic has been called the "[[tragedy of the commons]]," though it appears as early as the works of Plato and Aristotle.

According to economist [[Joan Robinson]] "beggar they neighbour" policies were widely adopted by major economies during the [[Great depression]] of the 1930s. <ref>{{Cite book
  | author = Dietmar Rothermund
  | title = The Global impact of the Great Depression 1929-1939 
  | year = 1996
  | page = 6-7
  | publisher = Routledge
|isbn = 0415118190 }}</ref>

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