A critique to Trickle-down economics

Joseph Stiglitz
Intelligence Squared, 2015
Level: leicht
Perspektiven: Österreichische Schule, Neoklassik, Postkeynesianismus
Thema: Makroökonomik, Reflexion der Ökonomik
Format: Vortrag / Vorlesung
Dauer: 00:02:40
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auuk2oXK8tE

Trickle-down economics - a theory directly associated with "Reaganomics", but still relevant today. The idea consists of deregulation of the economy and of lower tax for the top in order to increase the "size of the pie" so everybody would have a bigger piece, even with a smaller share.

In this small video, Joseph Stiglitz gives an overview of "trickle-down economics" and why it has failed its own promises of raising people's living standard.

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