As someone who was an economics major I can say this article is total BS.
As an economics major in undergrad from a ridiculously liberal school, the thought range of my professors ranged from Keynsian to Marxist. They only brought in other professors who agreed. I went to school during the late ‘80’s and they could not bring themselves to understand that tax rates affect behavior of people. The problem is that any economics professor who supported a tax rate cut would be participating in the economy more directly - with a real job, not as a professor of economics.
That’s why he’s “Ed LottaBS”!
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