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In economics, a beggar-thy-neighbour policy is an economic policy through which one country attempts to remedy its economic problems by means that tend to worsen the economic problems of other countries.
Beggar-my-neighbour, also known as strip jack naked, beat your neighbour out of doors, [1] or beat jack out of doors, [2] or beat your neighbour, [3] is a simple choice-free card game. It is somewhat similar in nature to the children's card game War , and has spawned a more complicated variant, Egyptian ratscrew .
Despite its equation to the English game of Beggar my Neighbour, it is different because a) it is listed separately by John Mactaggart; [4] b) no pay cards (A K Q J) are mentioned i.e. cards which, when played, require the opponent to play a specified number of further cards which, if all are numerals, are captured by the player of the pay card ...
Pisha paysha (Yiddish: פּישע פּיישע, / ˌ p ɪ ʃ ə ˈ p eɪ ʃ ə /) is a card game of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, similar to beggar-my-neighbour. [1] It is typically played with children. [2]
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I vaguely remember 'Begger-my-neighbour' mentioned as a card game in Dicken's novel Great Expectations. I suspect this is the origin of the term? --Surturz 04:49, 14 March 2008 (UTC) Found it! Beggar-My-Neighbour--Surturz 04:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Part of the plot of Beggar my Neighbour is said to have been taken from August Wilhelm Iffland. The School of Reform, or How to rule a Husband (1805), a five-act comedy, was played with remarkable success at Covent Garden, 15 January 1805, and was revived so late as 20 November 1867 at the St. James's , with Mr. John S. Clarke as Tyke and Mr ...