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    • Studies
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  • Supply-Side History
    • Book: The Emergence of Arthur Laffer
    • Challenging Friedman and Triffin
    • Laffer and Fischer Black take on Friedman and Monetarism
    • The Early Laffer Curve, 1974
    • Arthur Laffer at OMB, 1970-72
  • 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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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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