First, it relied – once again – on trickle-down economics: somehow, throwing enough money at Wall Street would trickle down to Main Street, helping ordinary workers and homeowners. Trickle-down economics almost never works, and it is no more likely to work this time.
可以肯定，刚刚被否决的救市计划确实比布什政府原来的提议要好很多。但救市的基本方法仍然存在着致命的缺陷。首先，它再次依赖涓滴经济学：由于某种原因，向华尔街砸进足够的钞票就能惠及社会民众，帮助普通工人和房屋业主。涓滴经济学几乎从来没有发挥过作用，而这次的效果恐怕也不会比以前更好。