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" ... As recounted in the exhibition catalogue, the work was first sparked by Nancy Reddin Kienholz refusing a beggar on the street in Juarez, Mexico. This haunted her, and she began to think about the cruel twist of fate by which, depending on where you are born, your life might be one of poverty or one of comfort and wealth. ... "
" ... In the 1980s, Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad launched his policy of Prosper Thy Neighbor -- not beggar thy neighbor -- to encourage the country's predominantly Chinese business community to seek out what Chen calls "win-win" situations in other Southeast Asian countries. Cambodia was among the neediest -- Khmer Rouge rule in the late 1970s left an estimated two million people dead out of a population of eight million. Vietnamese troops overthrew the communist regime in 1979, but fighting persisted into the 1990s. ... "
" ... I’ve hesitated to say much about competitive depreciation or devaluation lately because my memory is foggy on whether the more acceptable term is “beggar my neighbor” or “beggar thy neighbor.” Friday’s Wall Street Journal had a lead editorial that deftly dodged that issue by just calling it what it is: “Beggar the World.” No country wins a beggar contest; they all lose. Yet, here we go again. ... "
" ... Penelope encounters Odysseus as a beggar (Fresco from the Macellum at Pompeii, 1st c. CE). ... "
" ... Then again, as things have gotten continuously worse for the middle class and the many millions who are low paid, neither Republicans nor Democrats have done much practically over the last 40 years. Even the Affordable Care Act, so-called Obamacare, pushed many into opting for cheap plans they could afford and deductibles that would beggar them should anything serious happen. Like, say, hospitalization for COVID-19. ... "