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Re:Trickle-down economics were always bullshit by tomhoward on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @12:12PM (#40502278)
"Trickle-down economics" is not any kind of formal economic or political philosophy, it's a pejorative term designed to trivialise free market/laissez-faire economic policies.

It's fair enough to criticise free market/laissez-faire economic policies; they have their limitations and trade-offs, just like every other economic philosophy. But this article doesn't contain any serious economic commentary or insight, it’s a largely empty rant.

Re:Trickle-down economics were always bullshit by r00fus on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @01:09PM (#40502933)
> "Trickle-down economics" is not any kind of formal economic or political philosophy, it's a pejorative term designed to trivialise free market/laissez-faire economic policies.

So much simping for neofeudalism. "Trickle down economics" is not a pejorative for basic free market ideals, instead it's an accurate term for corporate welfare where large companies and the rich are showered with cash and tax deductions hoping they'll spend their wealth here.

btw, the real "pejorative" is from GHW Bush: "voodoo economics".

Re:Trickle-down economics were always bullshit by sqkz on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @07:34PM (#40506710)
If you're interested in a slightly more nuanced exploration of the history of this 'idea', you could check out Thomas Sowell's short essay on the subject: https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents...
Re:Trickle-down economics were always bullshit by tomhoward on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @09:01AM (#40511525)
> So much simping for neofeudalism

Nothing could be less true of my philsophies and my hoped outcomes for the work I've utterly exhausted myself doing for over a decade.

> the rich are showered with cash

This is the giveaway of your own ideological animus. What does this even mean in any real context?

Even if anybody's true priority was for the rich to be as enriched as possible, any half-sentient politician, economist or rich person knows that the rich can only become richer if ordinary people have enough money to buy stuff from them, so, nobody benefits from impoverishment of the masses. Without that recognition, there's no hope of a sensible discussion about the topic of what economic approach will actually deliver outcomes that are the most efficient and fair.

Re:Trickle-down economics were always bullshit by r00fus on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @10:07AM (#40512175)
> This is the giveaway of your own ideological animus. What does this even mean in any real context?

Read up on commercial paper - https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/070313/intro...

> the rich can only become richer if ordinary people have enough money to buy stuff from them

Also the rich/corporate simply move countries. They don't need the poor from the US, they'll globalize and get whatever good deals they can wherever they can because of free trade.

Re:Trickle-down economics were always bullshit by tomhoward on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @06:54PM (#40518045)
> Read up on commercial paper

Ok, yep, it’s a common trick in these kinds of discussions to link to a vaguely-related article with a directive to “read up” on the topic but without any commentary on how it specifically supports any claims being made. Really it’s just a giveaway that there’s no substantive point being put forward.

Re:Trickle-down economics were always bullshit by BenFranklin100 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @11:02PM (#40519689)
I read the linked article. It has little relevance to the present discussion. Let’s just say the OP’s username is ripe for an apt rhyme.
Re:Trickle-down economics were always bullshit by tomhoward on Thursday May 30, 2024 @06:54AM (#40522252)
Yep, I read the paper too, then spent quite some time Googling various combinations of “commercial paper”, “fed”, “reaganomics”, “trickle down”, and other more tenuous terms, yielding nothing at all of any substance. More fool me I guess.