The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let it Happen

by Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore Peter Tanous
The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let it Happen
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October 7th 2008 by Threshold Editions

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Hardcover, 320 pages

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1416592385    (isbn13: 9781416592389)

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Arthur Laffer -- the father of supply-side economics and a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board -- joins economist Stephen Moor...more




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getAbstract
04/27/09
getAbstract rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2009
Expert look at heated tax debate

Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore and Peter J. Tanous give Ronald Reagan full credit for laying the foundation for decades of U.S. prosperity. They see today’s government programs as a return to the worst of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. The authors find it strange that the U.S. is adopting a more European model just as many European countries are moving more toward Reaganomics. They suggest a different pa...more
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David Robins
06/06/09
David Robins rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in June, 2009
A good sound look at how economic practices can help or harm the economy, from Kennedy, Reagan, and Bush's tax cuts that launched a wave of prosperity, to the protectionist tariffs and high taxes of the 1970s and the destructive socialism from Wilson to the New Deal and Great Society and now Obama's bailouts, proposed tax increases, and profligate spending.
There is a solution that will fix or ameliorate many of the mounting problems, which many countries in Europe have successfully adopted...more
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Victor
03/07/09
Victor rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in March, 2009
I have always maintained there are two sides of the story. Surprisingly there are more things that I agree with this book than what I originally expected e.g. I'm in favor for a simpler/flat tax code (even though I would propose zero deductions), immigration reform, free trade,etc. I disagree with a couple of positions like death tax but overall a good book easy to read with several facts to back views. However, even though book praises policies in Ireland, Estonia, Russia, etc. when a global ec...more
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John
12/23/08
John rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in December, 2008
A good review of the good, the bad, and the ugly in the history of economic policies in the US and what we might expect from the incoming regime.
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Jeff
12/03/08
fbuser519860918 rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in December, 2008
Whether you agree with the principles or not, its a refreshing splash of cold water in the face during all the government bailout talk, in this time that "everyone is a Keynesian".
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Bhall3
03/04/09
Bhall3 rated it: 5 of 5 stars

A good prose on where this country is headed.
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Angela
12/30/08
Angela rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2009
An excellent read! I learned a lot from this book.
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Melissa
06/18/09
Melissa rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2009
This was a great informative book. Easy to read.
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Rod
10/27/08
Rod rated it: 3 of 5 stars

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Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in November, 2008
Informally written, but a good resource for background about our current economic woes (and why most of the currently proposed remedies won't work).

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11/03/08
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I think this book should be required reading for those about to vote in this presidential election.
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