Trickle Down Economics Explained

Trickle down economics How we're told it works What actually happens

The meme shows wine being poured into a pyramid of glasses in two versions. The first depicts the idealized explanation of trickle-down economics, where wealth reaches everyone below; the second shows the top glass simply growing larger while the lower glasses remain empty or receive little. It mocks the claim that benefits given to the wealthy will flow down to ordinary people. EN: The meme shows wine being poured into a pyramid of glasses in two versions. The first depicts the idealized explanation of trickle-down economics, where wealth reaches everyone below; the second shows the top glass simply growing larger while the lower glasses remain empty or receive little. It mocks the claim that benefits given to the wealthy will flow down to ordinary people.

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