Coolidge Was A Pragmatist. He Didn't Start Out With A Tax Theory. But He Observed Over Time That Lower Tax Rates Sometimes Brought In Extra Revenue. The Success Of His And Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's Experiment With Rate Cuts Has Been Obscured By Our Modern History Books.

-Amity Shlaes

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Coolidge Was A Pragmatist. He Didn't Start

Amity Shlaes

Coolidge Was A Pragmatist. He Didn't Start Out With A Tax Theory. But He Observed Over Time That Lower Tax Rates Sometimes Brought In Extra Revenue. The Success Of His And Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's Experiment With Rate Cuts Has Been Obscured By Our Modern History Books.

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Economics Are Part Of Our Life. We Try To Treat Them Separately, Like Over There Is The Economy And Here Is History. Econ Affects History And History Often Doesn't Get It Right If It Doesn't Respect Econ.

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