" supply-side "

 [ "Supply Side Economics" ]

1: *noun*; a subdivision of economics that focuses on addressing recessions by stimulating supply, rather than demand. During a recession, supply siders recommend cutting taxes rather than increasing government spending.

  * e.g.,  ... When Ronald Reagan ...promised to cut taxes ...he claimed tax revenue would go up, not down... as the economy boomed in response to lower rates. Since then, supply side economics ... has become a central tenet of Republican political and economic thinking in the country. 

 [ "Supply Side Economics" ]

2: "Supply side" is in contrast to traditional practitioners of Keynesianism, "demand siders" who believe the main fiscal policy tool for recessions should be increased government spending.

  * e.g.,  ... "McCain sticks to Supply Side Economics..." *International Herald Tribune* (24 March 2008) 

 [ "Supply Side Economics" ]

3: Both supply siders and demand siders believe the government is responsible for formulating effective fiscal policy during recessions.

 [ "Supply Side Economics" ]

4: The most famous advocate of supply side economics was Arthur Laffer.

 [ "Supply-Side Jesus" ]

1: The economic face of Jesus as imagined by (some) Republicans. Usually used as a sarcastic retort when economic interests seem to be placed ahead of social justice.

  * e.g.,  ... "Corporate taxes raised to fund child health care." Supply-side Jesus would be sad. 

 [ "Supply Side Econotard" ]

1:  Someone who idiotically thinks that cutting taxes will increase revenue. Ergo, responsible for our 9 trillion dollar national debt.

  * e.g.,  ... Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush are examples of the prototypical Supply Side Econotard. 

 [ "Supply Side Econotard" ]

2:  Believes in slashing programs for the poor to give tax cuts to the wealthy.

 [ "Supply Side Econotard" ]

1: People who realize that balancing a budget shouldn't be about raising taxes, but about cutting spending!!!!!

 [ "supply side economics" ]

1: a macroeconomic theory that deals with the aggregate supplu curve instead of the aggregate demand curve. It is a patch to original Keynesian economics which were not concerned with aggregate supply.

  * e.g.,  ... supply side economics were responsible for the economic booms of the '20s '50s and '80s 

 [ "Supply-side policy" ]

1: I don't know

  * e.g.,  ... Supply-side policy is a policy for suppliers, probably 

 [ "Supply-side policy" ]

1: I don't know

  * e.g.,  ... Supply-side policy is a policy for suppliers, probably, there are many benefits to supply-side policies, I just don't know any of them