This Week in Economics: 3 Stories You Should Know About
Here is a rundown on some of the biggest economic developments this week. 1.) Former Fed Chair Paul Volcker passes away. Paul Volcker, who’s chairmanship of the Federal Reserve played…
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Supply-Side Hero Arthur Laffer to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Next week, Donald Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to “the Godfather of supply-side economics,” Arthur Laffer. Trump’s decision to bestow America’s highest civilian honor on Dr. Laffer…
Trump Taps Supply-Side Champion Stephen Moore for Fed Board
Influential supply-side economist Stephen Moore has been nominated by President Trump for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. His decades of research, writing, and championing of supply-side…
Remembering Jeff Bell: A Man Who Transformed the World
Supply Side visionary Jeff Bell, who, at 74, suddenly passed away this past weekend, will be remembered by those who knew him for his quick wit, brilliant intellect, and unflagging…
JFK Has a Message for Today’s Democrats on Taxes: Cut! Cut! Cut!
Yesterday, I was extremely honored to discover that conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh had featured a new ad from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity (which I am professionally affiliated…
Senate Tax Bill Update: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
As the Senate moves into the homestretch on its tax cut legislation this week, here are five fast facts you should know: 1.) The Senate bill cuts marginal tax rates…
The House Republican Tax Plan Betrays Jack Kemp’s Legacy
Last week, House Republicans quietly abandoned basic tenets of supply-side economics by releasing a tax plan that includes higher marginal rates. While it was assumed the House GOP would prioritize…
What ‘JFK and the Reagan Revolution’ Reveals About Trump
Remember prosperity? Want it back? Here’s the secret formula, which has always worked and would work again: Cut marginal tax rates and restore integrity to the dollar. Donald Trump is…
Cruz, Rubio, Bush: Why the Missing Prosperity Crusade?
It’s a mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes. Most of the Republican presidential aspirants, mysteriously, are not focusing on the issue that all of the polling shows at the top of…
Donald Trump’s Tax Plan: A $10 Trillion Debt Bomb
Donald Trump is no supply-sider, as is evidenced by his pro-tariff and restrictionist immigration stands. Supply-side, from its inception, is all about job growth and equitable prosperity. Both would be…
Donald Trump Is No Supply Sider And His Tax Plan Isn’t Supply Side
Jeff, with all due respect to your observation that Trump’s plan for tax reform is “also the most faithful to supply-side principles,” there may be less here than meets the…
Trump’s Tax Plan: A Proposal Reagan Would Approve?
Donald Trump’s plan for tax reform is the most populist so far seen among the presidential candidates. It is also the most faithful to supply-side principles. Why? Populism in its…
