Economists like the name "Laffer curve" because this theory is always good for a laugh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Bachmann/Ryan Overdrive: A High-Speed Escape From Economic Reality] Reference

Actually, this is a myth based on an economic fallacy called The Laffer Curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

More tax cuts would lead to a greater stimulated economy also known as the Laffer curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jane Galt Health Plan, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Even David Stockman, RAYGUN's Budget Director, came to call the Laffer Curve a myth and a sham.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

Because of an economics concept -- usually loved only by far-right supply-siders -- known as the Laffer curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paras Bhayani: Stroger and Madigan Meet Econ 101] Reference

As you know, Stuart, there's something called the Laffer curve, and that's especially true with these investment taxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get Ready to Take a Hike] Reference

I suspect most tax rates are below the 'Laffer's Hump' and are below it enough that a linear model is as good as any for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Economics vs. Populism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Laffer is having the last Laff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference

Hasn't history shown that economics based on the "Laffer" curve is laughable?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Liberal OC] Reference

There has got to be some kind of Laffer curve type optimization for the amount of advertising on a web page.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Picture] Reference

Also known as the Laffer curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Kansas Attorney General Refuses To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform] Reference

But obviously something like a Laffer curve must exist.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

Here's the chart that Laffer bases his entire argument on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hale "Bonddad" Stewart: Art Laffer Is Wrong on Inflation] Reference

"I can't believe I actually got the Laffer curve in!" he crowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Laffer-Curve Crew Reunites for Steve Forbes at Treasury!] Reference

They were the kind of tax cuts that the Laffer argument requires.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Coates: The Poverty That Blights Us All] Reference

Inglis/Laffer cogently present the economic basis for a carbon tax.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dan Rosenblum: Increasing Agreement on Carbon Taxes -- Goodbye 2008 Conventional Wisdom] Reference

That means it's now going to be with us always, like the Laffer curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Promises Systematic Review Of Bush's Hoarding Of Executive Power] Reference

He represents a single-digit percentage of radical Laffer-curve idiots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservative Activist Grover Norquist: Obama Is "Kerry With A Tan"] Reference

Trouble was, Laffer couldn't tell us exactly where we were on his curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dismal Science Grabs A Couch] Reference

A mea culpa from Fraser "Laffer Curve" Nelson would seem appropriate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

The Laffer curve argument was not about the bonus tax, but the 50% tax rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

Laffer showed us the location of the limit to this, not the optimal point. ndm.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

And 90 percent, frankly, was probably on the wrong side of the famous Laffer curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Everyone Wants One, But Do Tax Cuts Really Work?] Reference

CoffeeHousers will know the idea behind the Laffer curve, but perhaps not the story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

So they start to hyperventilate when hearing the word “Laffer” or “spending cuts”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Osborne's Quango could be used to counter the tax-cutters] Reference

Describing the squiggle Laffer drew on a napkin as a curve is a disservice to mathematics.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

"Describing the squiggle Laffer drew on a napkin as a curve is a disservice to mathematics.".    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

How high do you think you could get it before your "best allies" Inglis and Laffer jump ship?.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Roberts: Will Conservatives be Obama's "Best Allies" in the Climate Fight?] Reference

Given that, the only reason to introduce the Laffer squiggle in such a debate is to disinform.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

The plan is a Laffer-style supply-side reform: by lowering tax rates, you increase the tax yield.    From Wordnik.com.  [What George Osborne didn’t tell you about the Tories’ radical economic agenda] Reference

I think it was true when income tax rates were 98% under Labour, there was a Laffer curve effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

PB - I think PM mentioned Laffers article because Laffer prefers consumption taxes to income taxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earth to Obama: A 'moon shot' won't cut oil imports] Reference

I'm not saying just all the time the Laffer curve works or all the time supply-side economics works.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wall Street Woes: Who Gets A Bailout?] Reference

Wanniski was the Wall Street Journal editor who coined the terms "Laffer curve" and "supply-side economics.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Conservanomics: A Church Without Bishops (But it's Got Sarah Palin and Invisible Tax Fairies!)] Reference

You know, the free rider problem, tragedy of the commons, social goods, the Laffer curve, deadweight loss, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference

But, with this kind of firepower defecting from the Invisible Tax Fairy camp, where can Palin and Laffer turn for support?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Conservanomics: A Church Without Bishops (But it's Got Sarah Palin and Invisible Tax Fairies!)] Reference

In a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, Laffer repeats his pet idea that cutting taxes on the rich will increase revenue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Conservanomics: A Church Without Bishops (But it's Got Sarah Palin and Invisible Tax Fairies!)] Reference

Laffer claims that he derived his ideas from the ancient treatises of Ibn Kaldun and the more recent work of John Maynard Keynes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Conservanomics: A Church Without Bishops (But it's Got Sarah Palin and Invisible Tax Fairies!)] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The controversial Laffer curve proposed that lower marginal tax rates would eventually generate higher tax revenues.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2009] Reference