http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/01/27/the-new-laffer-curve-logic/ Lane Kenworthy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:54:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/01/27/the-new-laffer-curve-logic/#comment-1837 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:28:48 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-1837 [...] Lane Kenworthy discusses the reemergence of Arthur Laffer, an economist whose shtick is basically that cutting taxes on the rich is beneficial to society.  He was quite popular in the early days of neoliberalism, but fell out of vogue among mainstream economics.  Apparently, Arthur Laffer is back, with a new line of reasoning that ultimately concludes that taxes on the rich should be reduced.  This time, the argument is basically that governments will lose much-needed tax revenue if they over-tax the rich, because the rich will simple evade or avoid taxes: …when the top marginal rate is increased, high-income taxpayers reduce their taxable reported income via “tax shelters, deferrals, gifts, write-offs, cross income mobility, or any of a number of other measures.” When the top marginal rate is reduced, they increase their taxable reported income. [...]

]]> http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/01/27/the-new-laffer-curve-logic/#comment-1834 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:49:51 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-1834 [...] How will the proposed top-end tax rate increases affect government revenues? August 11, 2010 Read Dylan Matthews, Paul Krugman, and perhaps also this. [...]

]]> http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/01/27/the-new-laffer-curve-logic/#comment-1128 Fri, 08 May 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-1128 [...] críticos de Laffer dicen que no hay evidencias ni pruebas de que esto sea así. Por ejemplo, esto sostiene Lane Kenworthy en su blog, quien además critica a Laffer porque recientemente dice que además de evitar la actividad [...]

]]> http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/01/27/the-new-laffer-curve-logic/#comment-83 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:20:04 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-83 Nice analysis of Laffer’s article. I read it myself and had to write up a critique on my blog also. This guy is a quack.

]]> http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/01/27/the-new-laffer-curve-logic/#comment-81 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:17:03 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-81 [...] Lane Kenworthy on “the (il)logic of the new Laffer Curve“. [...]

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