And the cost in terms of beggar-thy-neighbour protectionism and diplomatic poison would be dire.
Like a street beggar putting a few quarters and a dollar bill into the paper cup.
Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public.
The Obama Administration will make the political calculation to beggar our creditors--older Americans and foreigners, basically.
Such "beggar-thy-neighbour" policies might leave convertible currencies such as the dollar, euro and pound painfully overvalued.
If you beggar your neighbour (and trading partner), you might very well beggar yourself.
The old woman or beggar magically transforms into a wizard who supports the boy on his quest.
An old woman asks that he share his meager meal, or a beggar pleads for a coin.
Many candidates seek votes through beggar-thy-neighbour appeals to the self-interest of a particular linguistic, caste or religious group.
These beggar thy neighbor policies led to the collapse of world trade and capital flows during the Great Depression.
During the 1930s countries had resorted to beggar-thy-neighbor policies, such as devaluing currencies and imposing trade and capital restrictions.
Even as Asia's currencies collapsed in 1997 and 1998, China refused to beggar its neighbours by devaluing the yuan.
He moved on to the stage in London's West End, acting in shows including Lock Up Your Daughters and The Beggar's Opera.
This time, the beggar-thy-neighbor competition looks like it will be over currency.
The show is stolen by Pierre Renoir, as the ragman Jericho, who goes by many other names, and Gaston Modot, as a wily beggar.
It seems to beggar belief that the fall in crime in recent years does not have something to do with the increase in imprisonment.
It may be to help one unemployed person, a homeless person or a beggar to find an income-earning activity and begin the climb out of poverty.
An American student became an internet sensation earlier this month when he was photographed sitting on the pavement talking with an elderly beggar in Nanjing.
Signature beggar's purse (tiny crpes filled with caviar and lobster, tied with a shallot string) are aptly named, as your purse will indeed be beggared by the dish.
Everyone knows that protectionism and beggar-thy-neighbour policies exacerbated the Depression.
Though Pham sometimes veers dangerously into melodrama (there's another moment when he breaks down upon spying a beggar girl who reminds him of a past love), the sentiment is not misplaced.
Downtown, there is a beggar on almost every corner.
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It was a beggar-thy-neighbor policy that swept the world.
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This beggar-thy-neighbor approach to ad sales has only gotten worse since my Monk days, as online publishing has finally taken the baton from print to become the dominant way that we consume media.
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At a minimum, both must avoid beggar-thy-neighbour policies.
To prevent a repeat of 1930s beggar-thy-neighbor protectionism, governments yielded significant powers over trade policy to supranational bodies such at the World Trade Organization (previously the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and the European Union.
This was beggar-thy-neighbor policy at its worst.
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