Dr. Arthur Laffer, Economic Advisor to 1st Global
August 23, 2011 – Arthur Laffer, Ph.D., founder and chairman of Laffer Associates and economic advisor to 1st Global, was interviewed on CNBC along with Marshall Sonenshine, CEO of Sonenshine Partners. The nine-minute segment focused on tax rates and government revenues. This short video quickly crystallizes and demystifies the Laffer Curve’s continued validity in these times and illustrates that issues surrounding taxing the wealthy are “not religion, but math.”
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