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Laffer

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Noun1.Laffer - United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940)
Arthur Laffer
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Or, as economist Arthur Laffer, father of the famous "Laffer Curve," described it in an interview with Jude Wanniski that appeared in a 1975 article in the Public Interest: [W]hen taxes are zero, revenues are zero.
Feeding the beast by Klein, Philip / The American Spectator
Arthur Laffer is the economist who popularized the idea that after a certain point tax increases are counterproductive - the added tax burden discourages economic activity, resulting in lower revenues.
Measuring Laffer's Curve by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Professor Arthur Laffer, of Laffer Curve fame, argues that taxation is the single greatest destroyer of motivation.
The monstrous tax quandary by Crombie, Roger / Risk & Insurance
 
 
 
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