WebMemo posted January 16, 2007 by Arthur Laffer
The Four Pillars of Reaganomics
The following is Arthur Laffer's November 13 address to
members of The Heritage Foundation's President's Club at
the fall 2006 President's Club meeting, held at the Ronald Reagan
International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
You know, one thing I always loved, Ed, was when I followed
Milton Friedman to the podium I could actually raise…
Executive Summary posted June 1, 2004 by Arthur Laffer
Executive Summary: The Laffer Curve: Past, Present, and Future
The
Laffer Curve illustrates the basic idea that changes in tax rates
have two effects on tax revenues: the arithmetic effect and the
economic effect. The arithmetic effect is simply that if tax rates
are lowered, tax revenues (per dollar of tax base) will be lowered
by the amount of the decrease…
Backgrounder posted June 1, 2004 by Arthur Laffer
The Laffer Curve: Past, Present, and Future
The story of how the Laffer Curve got its name begins with a 1978 article by Jude Wanniski in The Public Interest entitled, "Taxes, Revenues, and the 'Laffer Curve.'"1 As recounted by Wanniski (associate…