The Money's Trickling Down, Down, Down...

Trickle-down economics, simply put, is increasing the amount of money made by people in the top tiers of society so that they can invest that money back into the economy. Theoretically, it would increase the amount of jobs for people in the lower classes. It is believed that doing this would promote long-term growth with the increased job market. Luzhin mentioned an idea similar to trickle-down economics when he first meets Raskolnikov.