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Hayek book award in 2009, and return to prosperity. Laffer s most popular book is the end of prosperity. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Laffer is the author and coauthor of many books and newspaper articles, including supply side economics. He was a prominent member of reagans economic policy advisory board from 1981 to 1989. I was eager to get this book by art laffer, who also worked in the reagan. Laffer writes that the new sales tax in republican presidential candidate herman cains 999 tax plan could be raised in the futurebut so could any. Art laffer and the intellectual rot of the republican party the godfather of supplyside economics and inventor of the laffer curve is largely discredited by his peers, but revered by trump and.
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Arthur laffer is a supply side economist who became influential during the reagan administration as a member of reagans economic policy advisory board 19811989. Discount prices on books by arthur laffer, including titles like trumponomics. The rising faith is economics of the supply side and he has been preaching it since the early 1960s. Born in britain of australian and vietnamese descent, hes interested in the negotiation of identity and empathy in literature. Laffer also earned the father of the year award from the west coast fathers day committee in 1983.
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