Arthur Laffer

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American economist economist human

Arthur Laffer is an American economist best known for the "Laffer Curve" theory linking tax rates to government revenue and for shaping conservative supply-side economic policy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American economist → economist → human →
academicDegree	Bachelor's degree in economics → MBA → PhD in economics →
advised	Donald Trump → Ronald Reagan → various Republican politicians →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom → various conservative policy awards →
birthDate	1940-08-14 →
birthPlace	Youngstown, Ohio, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Stanford University → University of California, Los Angeles → Yale University →
employer	Pepperdine University → University of Chicago Booth School of Business → University of Southern California →
familyName	Laffer →
fieldOfWork	economics → macroeconomics → public finance → supply-side economics →
founded	Laffer Associates → Laffer Investments →
genre	economic policy →
givenName	Arthur →
hasWrittenOn	economic growth → fiscal policy → tax policy →
influenced	Republican Party economic policy → supply-side tax policy in the United States →
knownFor	popularizing the Laffer curve in U.S. policy debates → theory linking tax rates and tax revenue →
name	Arthur Laffer →
notableFor	Laffer curve → supply-side economic policy →
notableIdea	cutting marginal tax rates can increase economic growth → there is a tax rate that maximizes government revenue →
occupation	academic → consultant → economist →
politicalAlignment	conservative →
positionHeld	Economic advisor → Professor of Economics →
residence	Tennessee, United States →
theoryDeveloped	Laffer curve →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Reaganomics →	influencedBy
Arthur Laffer →	name
Laffer curve →	namedAfter
Laffer curve →	originatedBy