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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Voodoo economics \Voo"doo economics\, n. (Politics)
an economic hypothesis, proposed by President Ronald Regan,
that large cuts in tax rates would so stimulate the economy
that the tax revenue on the increases in business and
personal income would offset the anticipated tax revenue
losses, so that such tax cuts would not increasing the
federal budget deficit. Its believers do not consider the
actual massive deficit increases subsequent to the 1982-83
tax cut as being caused by the tax cut itself, but by other
governmental policies. This hypothesis was graphically
illustrated by the {Laffer curve}.
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