The Laffer Curve theory suggests that there is a specific tax rate that generates the highest revenue. If the tax rates go too high, it could actually lead to lower money collection.​​ ...

But how can governments determine the “ideal” tax rate? Enter the Laffer curve—a theory that suggests there is an optimal tax rate that maximizes both government revenue and economic prosperity.

Reports in the press about renewing the Trump tax law have it backwards: Citizens bear the ‘cost’ of taxes — not Uncle Sam.

Widespread falls in hiring and increases in redundancies are a textbook demonstration of how tax can destroy economic ...

Widespread falls in hiring and increases in redundancies are a textbook demonstration of how tax can destroy economic ...

Republicans must stick to the Laffer curve. The Congressional Budget Office just re-estimated its 10-year budget forecast — and lo and behold they’re raising their tax revenue baseline by $1.9 ...

So is the CBO now suggesting they were wrong all along by admitting that the Laffer Curve really worked? And lower tax rates produced higher tax revenues? That's what their new forecast seems to ...

Laffer is well known for his eponymous “Laffer Curve.” It envisions a graph of government revenue as a function of tax rate, the main takeaway of which is that there is a certain, optimum rate ...