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    • About Dr. Arthur B. Laffer
      • Laffer and Fischer Black take on Friedman and Monetarism
      • Challenging Friedman and Triffin
      • Arthur Laffer at OMB, 1970-72
    • About the Laffer Curve
      • The Early Laffer Curve, 1974
    • About Supply-Side Economics
      • Supply-Side History
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    • The 5 Pillars of Prosperity
    • Free Course on Supply-side Economics
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    • Taxes Have Consequences
    • The Emergence of Arthur Laffer
    • The Pillars of Reaganomics
    • An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States
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    • Eureka!
  • Taxes Have Consequences
    • Frontispiece/dust jacket
    • Chapter 1: Whatever
    • Chapter 2: Income Tax Avoidance—The Income of the Rich Is Not What It Seems
    • Chapter 3: Beyond Piketty—The Laffer Curve is Alive and Well
    • Chapter 4: Tax Cuts of the Roaring 1920s
    • Chapter 5: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff, the Revenue Act of 1932, and Crush of the Great Depression
    • Chapter 6: Tax Rates and the Persistence of the Great Depression
    • Chapter 7: Unindicted Co-Conspirators: States and Localities During the Great Depression
    • Chapter 8: World War II and the Economy
    • Chapter 9: Government Retreat and the Emergence of Post-World War II Prosperity
    • Chapter 10: High Tax Rates and the Sluggish 1950s
    • Chapter 11: The Growth Takeoff of the 1960s
    • Chapter 12: The States After World War II
    • Chapter 13: Taxes and Stagflation
    • Chapter 14: The Great Boom, 1982-2000
    • Chapter 15: Sluggishness in the 2000s
    • Chapter 16: The Trump Tax Cut and Economic Resurgence into 2020
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  • About
    • The Mission
    • About Dr. Arthur B. Laffer
      • Laffer and Fischer Black take on Friedman and Monetarism
      • Challenging Friedman and Triffin
      • Arthur Laffer at OMB, 1970-72
    • About the Laffer Curve
      • The Early Laffer Curve, 1974
    • About Supply-Side Economics
      • Supply-Side History
  • Supply-Side Basics
    • The 5 Pillars of Prosperity
    • Free Course on Supply-side Economics
    • Noteworthy Papers, Media, and Much More on Supply-Side
      • Noteworthy Papers
      • Noteworthy Videos
  • Books
    • Taxes Have Consequences
    • The Emergence of Arthur Laffer
    • The Pillars of Reaganomics
    • An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States
    • Econoclasts
    • Handbook of Tabacco Taxation
    • Eureka!
  • Taxes Have Consequences
    • Frontispiece/dust jacket
    • Chapter 1: Whatever
    • Chapter 2: Income Tax Avoidance—The Income of the Rich Is Not What It Seems
    • Chapter 3: Beyond Piketty—The Laffer Curve is Alive and Well
    • Chapter 4: Tax Cuts of the Roaring 1920s
    • Chapter 5: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff, the Revenue Act of 1932, and Crush of the Great Depression
    • Chapter 6: Tax Rates and the Persistence of the Great Depression
    • Chapter 7: Unindicted Co-Conspirators: States and Localities During the Great Depression
    • Chapter 8: World War II and the Economy
    • Chapter 9: Government Retreat and the Emergence of Post-World War II Prosperity
    • Chapter 10: High Tax Rates and the Sluggish 1950s
    • Chapter 11: The Growth Takeoff of the 1960s
    • Chapter 12: The States After World War II
    • Chapter 13: Taxes and Stagflation
    • Chapter 14: The Great Boom, 1982-2000
    • Chapter 15: Sluggishness in the 2000s
    • Chapter 16: The Trump Tax Cut and Economic Resurgence into 2020
  • Resource Library
    • Articles
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Study / July 12,2021

The Commonwealth of Kentucky: An Economic History and Prosperity Agenda

This comprehensive study on Kentucky’s economic history and prosperity agenda examines state revenue, pensions, tax structure, and political corruption. While Kentucky’s economic performance has historically ranked poorly, Dr. Laffer offers remedies for a path forward.  Link to study: The Commonwealth of Kentucky - An Economic History and...

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