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

I enjoyed the article about stand-up comedian and economist Yoram Bauman, a truly funny comedian (“An Economist Stands Up for a Less Dismal Science,” The Chronicle, January 3). However, I was ...

The story goes that back in 1974, economist Art Laffer was having a drink in a DC bar when he took out a pen and sketched his famous curve, demonstrating that raising tax rates could lead to lower ...

About 50 years ago, Art Laffer drew a convex curve on a napkin to illustrate the power of tax cuts to two senior officials from the Ford administration named Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.

Arthur Laffer, the Reagan-era guru of trickle-down economics, was unchastened by the deficit explosion back then, which effectively disproved his theory that cutting taxes on the rich would increase ...

Former President Donald Trump and his campaign advisers are discussing a corporate tax rate cut to 15 percent paid for with a 10 percent across-the-board tariff. At the same time, it is becoming ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Bill McGurn, Kate Bachelder Odell and Kim Strassel. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/Khalil Hamra/Associated Press What does it take to persuade a ...