A Point of View - Trickle Down
Howard Jacobson ponders greed, wealth and horse-and-sparrow, or 'trickle down', economics.
From King Lear and Deuteronomy to bankers' bonuses and universal credit, Howard extols the concept of sufficiency and concludes that trickle down economics simply doesn't work.
Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production coordinator: Iona Hammond Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Published on Friday, 7th October 2022.
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