supply-side economics

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supply-side economics

(Economics) (functioning as singular) a school of economic thought that emphasizes the importance to a strong economy of policies that remove impediments to supply

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supply-side economics

Economic policies based on the idea that a national economy will benefit through a government making more money available for investment, especially through reducing tax levels.

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supply-side economics - the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy; advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce

economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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