trickle-down hypothesis
nounEtymology Attributed to humorist Will Rogers.
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Economics, Pseudoscience, Sciences 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:
- Related terms
- trickle down, supply-side economics, shit rolls downhill