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Trickle Down

2022/10/7
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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