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Arthur Laffer

1940 - Today

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Arthur Betz Laffer (; born August 14, 1940) is an American economist and author who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981–1989). Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve, an illustration of the theory that there exists some tax rate between 0% and 100% that will result in maximum tax revenue for government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Laffer has received more than 1,022,502 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Arthur Laffer is the 269th most popular economist (down from 267th in 2019), the 5,509th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,748th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Arthur Laffer ranks 269 out of 315. Before him are Maurice Dobb, John Neville Keynes, Jörg Meuthen, Wilhelm Lexis, Bruno de Finetti, and Beatrice Webb. After him are Haruhiko Kuroda, Mark Blaug, James Wolfensohn, Gordon Tullock, Deirdre McCloskey, and Max O. Lorenz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Arthur Laffer ranks 303. Before him are Uwe Timm, William Cohen, Endre Szemerédi, Renato Pozzetto, Andres Tarand, and Rajendra K. Pachauri. After him are Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Richard Lynch, Levon Helm, Władysław Komar, Giacomo Bulgarelli, and Roy Thomas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Laffer ranks 5,509 out of 18,182. Before him are Frankie Faison (1949), Ann Sheridan (1915), George Burns (1896), Nas (1973), David Margulies (1937), and Michael Dorn (1952). After him are Emmy Rossum (1986), George Sidney (1916), Ida Saxton McKinley (1847), Daniel Wu (1974), Glenn Davis (1934), and Lothrop Stoddard (1883).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Arthur Laffer ranks 86. Before him are John R. Commons (1862), Edward Chamberlin (1899), Leo Huberman (1903), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), and Paul Sweezy (1910). After him are Gordon Tullock (1922), Deirdre McCloskey (1942), Max O. Lorenz (1876), Robert Barro (1944), Michael Kremer (1964), and Seth Godin (1960).

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