Tax Cuts Don't Work: A Libertarian Alternative to the Laffer Curve

By Sven R Larson

For 40 years, Art Laffer has defined libertarian economic policy. We have been told that if we just cut taxes, the budget deficit will go away, government will be small and the world will be a better place for everyone. But the truth is that our three Laffer-inspired tax reforms - Reagan, Bush and Trump - have actually helped grow government even bigger. They have also contributed to a chronic budget deficit in an almost stagnant economy.

The Laffer Curve has lived past its best-before date. It is time to toss it out and start anew. In "Tax Cuts Don't Work", political economist Sven R Larson proves that tax cuts really don't work. Where Laffer cuts taxes, Larson cuts spending: in a true-to-the-core libertarian approach, he puts forward a package of ready-to-go structural spending reforms. These reforms would permanently shrink government to a fraction of what it is today, eliminate the budget deficit and allow for tax cuts that actually keep government minimal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sven R Larson
• Release date: Jan 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005742515

Sven R Larson

Sven R Larson, Ph.D., is a political economist and author. His new ebook "Tax Cuts Don't Work" is a strong indictment of America's hapless libertarian political movement. It is based on his 15 years of experience with libertarian politicians and think tanks.Larson has written several print books, including "Ending the Welfare State" (Outskirts Press, 2012); "Industrial Poverty" (Gower, 2014) about the welfare state and the Great Recession; "The Rise of Big Government" (Routledge, 2018) about the Swedish ideological roots of the American welfare state; "Faith and Freedom: The Moral Case for America" (Resource, 2019); and "Democracy or Socialism: The Fateful Question for America in 2024" (Palgrave, 2021f).

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