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trickle-down economics

trickle-down economics is the alternative form of trickle-down hypothesis.

Meaning of trickle-down hypothesis

Noun

trickle-down hypothesis

  1. The idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody else.
    • The trickle-down hypothesis assumes society is composed of homogenous people with equal chances of participating in the market and finding jobs.2013, Santosh Mehrotra, Enrique Delamonica, Eliminating Human Poverty […] , Zed Books Ltd., →ISBN

Questions about trickle-down economics

What is trickle-down economics the alternative form of?
Trickle-down economics is the alternative form of trickle-down hypothesis.

Words near trickle-down economics in the dictionary

  1. trickle down
  2. trickle down hypothesis
  3. trickle off
  4. trickle truth
  5. trickle-down
  6. trickle-down economics
  7. trickle-down hypothesis
  8. trickle-up trend
  9. trickle-up trends
  10. trickled
  11. trickled down

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