Trickle Down Economics

Also known as Supply Side Economics and Reaganomics

"In the beginning of the dynasty great revenues were gained from small assessments.
At the end of the dynasty, small revenues were gained from large assessments."
--- Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) from the Muqaddimah - An Introduction to History,

Introduction

Part 1
Definition and Examples
Taxes in Ancient Rome Part I
Taxes in Ancient Rome Part II
Hoover & FDR and the Great Depression
The Laffer Curve Part I
The Laffer Curve Part II
Where is the Laffer Maximum?
Top Tax Rates for various Countries

Part 2
The Reagan Era
Why the Tax Cuts Worked
Why the Tax Cuts Worked, Part 2
More on Reagan
Reagan and the Median American Household
Effect of the 1986 Tax Reform Act on Low Incomes
It's the Reagan Economy in the 90's
America's Endochronic Recession
Jeff Jacoby on Kemp-Roth

Figures
US GDP: 1973-91
US Real GNP:1950-2000
Tables and Data
US Economic Growth using 2 different inflation corrections
The data in excel

Part 3
The Reagan Debt

Links
History of US Income Tax Rates
History of the US Federal Income Tax
Reagan's Smart Debt
Steve Conover on paying off the debt, and how Reagan changed the economy
Supply Side Tax Cuts and the Reagan Record
The Ronald Reagan Home Page
The Laffer Curve
SUPPLY SIDE U.

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