@ Morning Star | Kush Zombies
Originally published online at Counterpunch.org; appeared in the Morning Star (UK) May 31, 2016. Found the byline funny; the original at Counterpunch was ‘A hat tip to old-school hip hop.’
The Trickle Down Myth
Supply side economics are driven by policies favouring the privileged and wealthy as a purported way of stimulating investment and production. As such, they have long been a favourite strategy of those most dedicated to fulfilling the vision of ‘father of the US Constitution’ James Madison that capitalist democracy should ‘protect the minority of the…