tinkle-down

English

Adjective

tinkle-down (not comparable)

  1. (economics) Modification of the term "trickle-down" to criticize what is felt to be the failings of the latter, with implication that what might be passed down from the rich to the poor is minimal or undesirable.
    • 2008 August 22, Jim Hightower, “More Tinkle-down Economics”, in Texas Observer:
      America has been practicing “tinkle-down” economics for years, and it has failed us.
    • 2018 November, Ed Spivey Jr., “Deep Breath...”, in Sojourners:
      It’s called “Tinkle Down Economics,” how prosperity gets passed on to the deserving, who should never look up during these troubled times.
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