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Arthur LafferArthur Laffer Arthur Betz Laffer, Sr. (born August 14, 1940) is a supply side economist who became well known and influential during the Ronald Reagan administration when he was an iconoclastic member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981-1989). He's best known for the eponymous Laffer curve, a notion that revolutionized economics and flouted the preexisting folderol in tax theory. After taking a hiatus from gormandizing at a restaurant in December 1974, Laffer sketched a curve on a napkin and indelibly altered the trajectory of human history. He's the author and co-author of many books and newspaper editorials, including . On January 3, 2005, Laffer showed that he is not a one-curve pony; he penned a ground-breaking editoral called "Destination U.S.A.", which may someday alter trade theory, for The Wall Street Journal. Founder and CEO of Laffer Associates in San Diego, he received a BA in economics from Yale University in 1963. He also graduated from Stanford University with an MBA in 1965 and a PhD in economics in 1971. He has six children. His acolytes include Lawrence Kudlow, the popular co-host of Kudlow & Cramer on CNBC. Also, Laffer's sycophants include Donald Luskin, co-author of the seminal "Index Options & Futures: The Complete Guide." External link Laffer, Arthur Laffer, Arthur
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