Discover how the Laffer Curve illustrates the impact of tax rates on government revenue and fuels political debate.

When it comes to taxes, many people feel the government can never collect enough. But how can governments determine the “ideal” tax rate? Enter the Laffer curve—a theory that suggests there is an ...

In his Dec. 28 Outlook commentary, “The Laffer Curve is 40 and looking pretty good,” Stephen Moore claimed that the Laffer theory’s counterargument to Keynesian stimulus is that “the primary problem ...

“The Laffer Curve, and Other Laughs in Current Economics.” That was the title of the last of Martin Gardner’s legendary “Mathematical Games” columns in Scientific American, published in December 1981.

In 1974, economist Arthur Laffer famously sketched a curve on a cloth napkin at a restaurant to inform tax policy. More recently, economist Alex Tabarrok employed a similar tactic to inform patent ...

The godfather of supply-side economics and inventor of the "Laffer Curve" is largely discredited by his peers, but revered by Trump and the GOP. The economist Arthur Laffer appeared early Monday on ...