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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Label	Occurrences
Arthur Laffer canonical	12

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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 ⓘ surface form: 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 Graduate School of Business ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: Tennessee, United States
theoryDeveloped	Laffer curve ⓘ

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Subject: Arthur Laffer
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reaganomics → influencedBy → Arthur Laffer ⓘ

Arthur Laffer → name → Arthur Laffer self-link ⓘ

Laffer curve → originatedBy → Arthur Laffer ⓘ

Laffer curve → namedAfter → Arthur Laffer ⓘ

Laffer → hasNotableBearer → Arthur Laffer ⓘ

Laffer → namedAfter → Arthur Laffer ⓘ

subject surface form: Laffer curve

Laffer Associates → namedAfter → Arthur Laffer ⓘ

Laffer Associates → founder → Arthur Laffer ⓘ

Laffer Associates → hasKeyPerson → Arthur Laffer ⓘ

Laffer Investments → associatedWith → Arthur Laffer ⓘ

Laffer Investments → hasKeyPerson → Arthur Laffer ⓘ

Laffer Investments → foundedBy → Arthur Laffer ⓘ