beggar-thy-neighbor
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From beggar-my-neighbor (“a card game”).
Adjective[edit]
- (derogatory, economics) An economic policy that favors domestic interests at greater total cost to the economies of trading partners.
Synonyms[edit]
- (economics, trade): protectionist, mercantilist
See also[edit]
beggar-thy-neighbor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
