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trickle down hypothesis

trickle down hypothesis is the alternative spelling 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 hypothesis

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

Words near trickle down hypothesis in the dictionary

  1. trickle charger
  2. trickle chargers
  3. trickle charges
  4. trickle charging
  5. trickle down
  6. trickle down hypothesis
  7. trickle off
  8. trickle truth
  9. trickle-down
  10. trickle-down economics
  11. trickle-down hypothesis

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