Redistributionism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The political and economic philosophy of redistribution of wealth. uncountable
"Obama's predecessor was famously intolerant of details, but Obama is a wonk par excellence. He'll see your post neo-classical endogenous growth theory, and raise you his Chicago School-influenced, market-oriented redistributionism, augmented by the latest research in behavioural economics."
Example
More examples"Obama's predecessor was famously intolerant of details, but Obama is a wonk par excellence. He'll see your post neo-classical endogenous growth theory, and raise you his Chicago School-influenced, market-oriented redistributionism, augmented by the latest research in behavioural economics."
Etymology
From redistribution + -ism.
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