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Suitable-Airport-644 t1_j1ftllt wrote

Reply to comment by Figuurzager in Inequality in annual earnings worsens in 2021: Top 1% of earners get a larger share of the earnings pie while the bottom 90% lose ground by sillychillly

Hahaha. Fucking trickle down economics is a crime against humanity. Can you believe that asshole won a Nobel prize?

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Til_W t1_j1hrcv8 wrote

"Trickle Down Economics" isn't real, it never was actual serious economic theory (let alone consensus), but rather used as a political strawman.

When people accuse economists of promoting TDE, it is usually a mischaracterization of actual theories.

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theclitsacaper t1_j1gsgiz wrote

Economics doesn't have a Nobel Prize

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Suitable-Airport-644 t1_j1gsssr wrote

You sure about that?

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1976/ceremony-speech/

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ssatyd t1_j1h6vsx wrote

It's the "Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel", which has been created in the 70s, so it's not really the same as the other Nobel Prize categories that were conceived and funded by Alfred Nobel himself. I agree that It would be a bit weird to just add another category when those were clearly laid out in Nobel's will, hence i share the sentiment that there is no "true" Nobel prize in economics.

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