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Recent Examples on the Web Rumsfeld in turn introduced Mosler to Arthur Laffer, the conservative economist who devised the specious trickle-down theory of economics that has justified every major regressive corporate tax cut for the last 40 years. — Robin Kaiser-schatzlein, The New Republic, "The Government Can Afford Anything It Wants," 19 June 2020 So goes the trickle-down theory, attributed to Reagan but just as often espoused by local Democrats. — Boots Riley, HWD, "Sorry to Bother You Director Boots Riley Takes a Ride Through Oakland’s Changing Landscape," 2 July 2018

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