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The Acton Institute spreads word of the Laffer Curve to France
The Acton Institute spreads word of the Laffer Curve to France
Oct 27, 2025 5:54 PM

One of the truths lawmakers across the transatlantic sphere must grasp is simple yet seemingly self-contradictory: Higher tax rates sometime lead to lower government revenue. This is one tradition which has deeper roots in the U.S. than in Europe, thanks to economist Arthur Laffer and the influence of his “Laffer Curve.” Now, the Acton Institute’s friend, Etienne Chaumeton, has translatedan article on that topic into French forReligion & Liberty Transatlantic.

“La courbe de Laffer vérifiée… au Canada” explains how Canada’sFraser Institute found empirical evidence supporting Laffer’s theory:

[Arthur] Laffer a fait valoir que des taux d’imposition plus élevés entraînent des recettes fiscales plus élevées, mais seulement jusqu’à un certain point. Une fois que le taux d’imposition a atteint un certain niveau, les recettes fiscales perçues par le gouvernement diminuent, car les citoyens réagissent à la désincitation causée par l’impôt en réduisant leur travail et leurs investissements. Quand les rendements deviennent trop faibles, les personnes n’ont plus d’intérêt à faire des efforts supplémentaires.

L’Institut Fraser au Canada vient de publier une nouvelle étude qui confirme encore une fois cette théorie.

Read the full French translation here.

Money. This photo has been cropped. CC BY 2.0.)

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