The following is from a tribute to Galbraith by Mel Watkins.  The whole thing can be read at http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature6.cfm?REF=287 .
 
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Galbraith himself was capable of earthy talk. There are, he liked to observe, two ways to feed oats to the sparrows. One is to feed the sparrows. This is so obvious that it easily escapes attention. The other is to feed the oats to the horses, compelling the sparrows to follow behind and peck what they can from the droppings. The latter, the wise man added, passed by the name of trickle down economics and was much beloved by the Ronald Reagans of the world. Galbraith came from rural Ontario and, great as he became, he was never ashamed to show it.
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