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Trickle down is not the libertarian ideology. No serious academic economist AFAIK actively promotes "trickle down". It's a left-leaning strawman.
by lr4444lr 9y ago
Trickle down is not the libertarian ideology. No serious academic economist AFAIK actively promotes "trickle down". It's a left-leaning strawman.
- gpvos 9y agoRight-wingers (not necessarily libertarians) use it in the media all the time.
- lr4444lr 9y agoReally? When? I learned that the term was coined in derision to Reagan-era policies.
- fineng123 9y agoYeah they would never say that out loud that guy is full of shit
- selectodude 9y agohttps://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/09/gary-cohn-trickle-down-is-good-for-the-economy.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/09/gary-cohn-trickle-down-is-go... "And we see the whole trickle-down through the economy, and that's good for the economy." That's Gary Cohn, the chief economic advisor for Donald Trump.
- leetcrew 9y agothe term "trickle down economics" is to the right as "political correctness" is to the left. both terms were created as strawmen to smear the other side's position.