by Dan Mitchell | Sep 28, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I often explain that the Laffer Curve does not mean that tax increases result in less revenue. In the vast majority of cases, politicians will get more money if they raise tax rates. What the Laffer Curve explains is that they probably won’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 31, 2025 | Blogs, Capital Gains, Taxation
The Laffer Curve provides incredibly important insights about tax policy. Most important, it informs us that you don’t measure the revenue impact of tax policy changes merely by looking at what is happening to tax rates. You also have to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 8, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Taxation
Other than Art Laffer, I think of myself as the world’s biggest advocate of the Laffer Curve. I’ve literally written hundreds of columns explaining and promoting the concept. My goal is to help people understand that there is not a linear...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Taxation
Some people say the Laffer Curve is the economic version of Goldilocks. But instead of being a story about whether the porridge is too hot, too cold, or just right, it’s a story about whether tax rates are too high, too low, or just right. But I’ve never...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 9, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Taxation
Some folks on the left say the Laffer Curve is a fantasy concocted by economic charlatans. Some folks on the right say the Laffer Curve is real and that all tax cuts are self-financing. Both are wrong. When I talk to folks on the left, I tell them...
