“The “trickle-down” theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals.”
William Blum, US author and journalist
If you like this definition you might also like his book: Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II
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