The Laffer Curve is an economic tax theory, that—legend says—was written up on a napkin at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. What does the Laffer Curve actually say and why is it the darling of tax ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. "You can explain it to a congressman in six minutes, and he can talk about it for six months," Hal Varian, an economist, once noted of the tax ...

The Laffer Curve theory suggests that there is a specific tax rate that generates the highest revenue. If the tax rates go too high, it could actually lead to lower money collection.​​ ...

One of my frustrating missions in life is to educate policy makers on the Laffer Curve. This means teaching folks on the left that tax policy affects incentives to earn and report taxable income. As ...

A couple years ago I was interviewing Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform, about economic policies and the 2008 election, and, as he told me repeatedly that lower taxes would yield ...

Last year, famed Republican economist Art Laffer co-authored a hagiographic tribute to President Trump and his agenda. Trump habitually bestows his most slavish supporters with pardons or — in the ...

I was stunned to learn this morning that leading economists flat-out don’t believe in the Laffer Curve. I mean, economic historian and liberal favorite Bruce Bartlett calls the Laffer Curve “a ...

The results of last year's Trump tax cut are starting to roll in, and they should not be surprising to students of the Laffer Curve or readers of this blog. As I noted last October, not cutting taxes ...

Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here’s Tuesday’s query: Comment: As one who ...

President Trump is set to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist Arthur Laffer, known as the “father of supply-side economics.” (Reed Saxon/AP) Analysis by Elizabeth Popp Berman ...

Last month, President Trump gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist Arthur Laffer. Laffer was a hotshot young tenured economist at the University of Chicago in the 1960s, developed ...