| 单词 | voodoo economics |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvoodoo economics voodoo economics n. depreciative (originally and chiefly U.S.) an economic policy perceived as being unrealistic and ill-advised, esp. a policy of maintaining or increasing levels of public spending while reducing taxation.Popularized by U.S. politician George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) in his 1980 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, as a criticism of the economic proposals of Ronald Reagan (cf. Reaganomics n.).Quot. 1930 appears to be an isolated early use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > an economic policy > specific policies and actions protection1719 co-operation1817 tariff-reform1859 monetary union1866 border protection1875 rationalization1875 tariffication1892 tariffade1904 inflationism1919 NEP1923 war communism1928 voodoo economics1930 substantivism1931 sterilization1938 deficit spending1941 deficit financing1943 tax-and-spend1956 indexation1960 stop-go1964 incomes policy1965 scala mobile1965 quantitative easing1966 jawboning1969 Nixonomics1969 developmentalism1970 degrowth1971 inflation-proofing1973 NEB1973 dollarization1982 fiscal engineering1982 Rogernomics1985 1930 Pittsburgh Courier 17 May (Special Extra Four Star ed.) (Editorial Page)/3 Some few of the organizations have..placed their insurance departments on a real scientific basis, but far too many of them have just muddled along, hoping against hope that luck would be with them. This is what might be called voodoo economics or rabbit's foot business. 1980 Philadelphia Inquirer 11 Apr. 12 a/3 Bush warned a friendly crowd of students not to be deceived by Reagan's ‘voodoo economics’. 2003 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 233/1 Criticizing Bush's cut of dividend taxes as welfare for the rich, ‘voodoo economics’, and ‘Enron-style accounting’. < as lemmas |
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