Matthew effect

Just finish watching the 1-hour all-encompassing interview on GE CEO Jeff Immelt by Charles Rose in PBS on topics including economic developments, globalization, energy, natural resources distribution, regulation on financial institutions, fiscal cliff and so on. Though I tried my best to avert the so-called Matthew effect, it is still hard to resist the inevitable consequence: "If you are powerful and influential, probably what you said is plausible, especially on the economy topics".