I keep seeing it pop up from time to time in various threads with varying degrees of on-topicness, so I thought we could start a thread specifically for this debate and duke it out for a while.
Now I'm sure we've got some folks around here with economics degrees that are going to object to my oversimplification of the matter, but it seems to boil down to this:
In supply-side economics, you put more money into the top, and it works it's way down to the bottom.
In demand-side economics, you put more money into the bottom, and it works it's way up to the top.
Which works best at boosting the economy?
ETA This was supposed to be in the American Politics section, my mistake. Admins, please move it when you have the chance. Thanks for the quick move mnorian!
Now I'm sure we've got some folks around here with economics degrees that are going to object to my oversimplification of the matter, but it seems to boil down to this:
In supply-side economics, you put more money into the top, and it works it's way down to the bottom.
In demand-side economics, you put more money into the bottom, and it works it's way up to the top.
Which works best at boosting the economy?
ETA This was supposed to be in the American Politics section, my mistake. Admins, please move it when you have the chance. Thanks for the quick move mnorian!
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