trickle-down

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trickle-down

of or concerning the theory that granting concessions such as tax cuts to the rich will benefit all levels of society by stimulating the economy

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IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLEHis manifesto, focusing on small farmers and traders, as envisioned by David Ndii, as well as the conscious creating of a nation state, would be the roadmap to economic prosperity for all avoiding the trickle-down approach.

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The trickle-down effect worked well," Fair Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Kim Sang-jo said at a year-end meeting with the media, Thursday evening.

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FPCCI President urged the government that the opportunity of the declining oil prices may be availed by accelerating economic activities in general and pass-on its trickle-down effect immediately to the masses in particular by reducing the price of petroleum products (POL) suitably.

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The Democrats may talk bottom-up economics, but they're still wedded to trickle-down.

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As tempting as the vision of a democracy running on aristocratic autopilot may be, the reality is that an elite, trickle-down political system eventually dead-ends in arrogance, secrecy, and abuse of power.

America's increasing democracy deficit

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The trickle-down effect: "There are efforts like this going on across the country.

Girls and technology

examines the tensions between distributive equity and productive efficiency in a case study from the US Midwest, examining the trickle-down effect of economic development as espoused by market theorists in the urban economic development literature.

The Politics of Equity and Growth: A Case Study of Rockford, Illinois

The Japanese Government appears committed to continuous deregulatory and liberalization reforms of the healthcare industry (as stated in "The 3-year Program in Promoting Regulatory Reform in December 2002"), with the hope of creating a trickle-down effect, both direct and indirect, that will have a favorable impact on the overall economy and improve the quality of life.

Opportunities for foreign companies in Japan's medical sector: a seminar hosted by Ibaraki Prefecture, LINC Media & J@pan Inc

companies, no matter what size, will be impacted by the trickle-down effects of conveying accounting and auditing standards.