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