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Art Laffer and the Intellectual Rot of the Republican Party

The godfather of supply-side economics is largely discredited by his peers, but revered by Trump and the GOP.

by Jeet Heer via The New Republic on October 18, 2017

Reagan poses for a photo op after with a stack of tax cut legislation in 1981.

I Helped Create the GOP Tax Myth. Trump is Wrong: Tax Cuts Don’t Equal Growth.

The best growth in recent memory came after President Bill Clinton raised taxes in the ’90s.

by Bruce Bartlett via Washington Post on September 28, 2017

The White House.

Sociology and the Presidency

In 1979, Carter's "malaise speech," shaped by sociological insights, sought national unity but clashed with Reagan's appeal to individualism.

by Matthew Braswell via The Fifth Floor on October 25, 2013

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