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Laffer: ‘Best is yet to come’
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Laffer: ‘Best is yet to come’

Fully equipped with feel-good jokes and self-deprecating humor, Arthur “Art” Laffer, economist and former economic adviser to President Reagan, spoke on campus Monday night. Laffer is considered the “father of supply-side economics,” and is most well-known for the “Laffer Curve,” which can predict the ideal tax rate to maximize government tax revenue by modeling the...

Q&A: Arthur Laffer
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Q&A: Arthur Laffer

Art Laffer is a prominent supply-side economist who served as a member of former President Ronald Reagan’s economic advisory board and as an adviser for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. He is well-known for developing a theory about the relationship between tax rates and tax revenues, now referred to as the “Laffer Curve.” Laffer is...