魔ま術じゅつ的てき経けい済ざい学がく

noun

voodoo economics

A pejorative term for economic policies considered unrealistic or based on wishful thinking, often used in political commentary. The term is a direct borrowing of the English phrase 'voodoo economics,' popularized in the 1980s.

• 彼かれはその政せい策さくを魔ま術じゅつ的てき経けい済ざい学がくだと批ひ判はんした。

  He criticized the policy as voodoo economics.