Trickle Down

Published: Oct. 7, 2022, 8 p.m.

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 \nSound: Peter Bosher\nProduction coordinator: Iona Hammond\nEditor: Richard Fenton-Smith