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The idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: economics, pseudoscience, sciences
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Attributed to humorist Will Rogers.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Polish:
teoria skapywania
— idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody
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Spanish:
hipótesis del goteo hacia abajo
— idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody
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Spanish:
hipótesis de la instilación hacia abajo
— idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody
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Swedish:
nedsippringsteorin
— idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody