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Arthur Laffer

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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 1,113,316 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Arthur Laffer is the 277th most popular economist (down from 266th in 2019), the 5,575th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,497th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Arthur Laffer ranks 277 out of 414. Before him are Joshua Angrist, John R. Commons, Alfred Müller-Armack, Leo Huberman, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Bruno de Finetti. After him are Alexander Chayanov, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Paul Sweezy, William Phillips, and Wesley Clair Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Arthur Laffer ranks 304. Before him are Rajendra K. Pachauri, Renato Pozzetto, William Cohen, Bill Medley, Viktor Savinykh, and Brigitte Hamann. After him are Zhanna Prokhorenko, Amjad Khan, Claus Offe, Léon Semmeling, Vincenzo Cerami, and Luke Kelly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Laffer ranks 5,575 out of 20,380. Before him are J. Lawton Collins (1896), Adriana Caselotti (1916), Pearl White (1889), George Bancroft (1882), Jude Ciccolella (1947), and Thomas H. Ince (1880). After him are Lori Singer (1957), Charles Martin Smith (1953), Mary Blair (1911), Alan Lomax (1915), Grace Sherwood (1660), and Dennis Oppenheim (1938).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Arthur Laffer ranks 89. Before him are Edward Chamberlin (1899), Greg Mankiw (1958), Dennis Meadows (1942), Joshua Angrist (1960), John R. Commons (1862), and Leo Huberman (1903). After him are Paul Sweezy (1910), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Gordon Tullock (1922), Herman Daly (1938), Max O. Lorenz (1876), and Anthony Downs (1930).

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