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Trickle Down Economics Exposed: Talking About Its Unspoken Side

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Trickle-down economics (TDE) refers to an economic theory that believes that special privileges provided to the rich and wealthy people will trickle down and benefit everyone in society. This theory has a lot of prominence and acceptance within society, academicians, government, intellectuals, policymakers, etc. We are here to look into what trickle-down economics is, how it works, and what the various problems associated with it. The problems are rarely covered very well in the popular discourse, and we are here to rectify that.   What is Trickle Down Economics? This idea stems from the fact that the rich and wealthy are money experts, and they know best how to handle and grow money. The theorists want the government to play the role of aiding the wealthy and rich through less regulation, lower taxes, investments, and more incentives. It is a form of political policy on the role of government in economics.  It comes under the bigger sub-branch of the Supply-Side eco...

Is Article 14 of Indian Constitution supreme?

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Article 14 is considered to be one of the most important pillars of the Indian Constitution. It is popularly known to us as Equality before law. So, let us look into a question whether Article 14 itself is supreme or does it prevent the Government from not making other laws which may violate the so-called Equality. Article 15 and 16 follows with further classification and clarity.  Quoting the article 14-  The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. Article 14 came into a hype during the CAA protests when critics quoted it multiple times. While the defenders of CAA multiple times repeated that there is no violation of Article 14. The main essence of this article is not the article itself but the idea of what do you mean by the term "Equal". Mathematically or scientific...