Trickle-down theory - the less than elegant metaphor that if one feeds the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows. - John Kenneth Galbraith

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Trickle-down theory - the less than elegant metaphor that if one feeds the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.

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About John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith (15 October 1908 – 29 April 2006) was a Canadian-American economist and author.

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Alternative Names: John K. Galbraith • John Galbraith • J. K. Galbraith • Ken Galbraith
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It is a well-established, though perhaps somewhat transparent, technique of argument, on encountering something which cannot easily be reconciled with preferred belief, to point to the exceptions. What does not invariably exist is then held not to exit.
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