220 pages

Pacific Research Institute (San Francisco)

Publication Date: March/2012

Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-934276-19-1
Price: $ 26.95

Eureka! surveys California’s economic history and fiscal policies beginning with Governor Ronald Reagan. Dr. Laffer shows the results of public policies that have powered extraordinary growth for the state, and those that produced economic decline.

In Eureka!, he examines the economic performance of all 50 states by comparing tax policies -- including personal income tax rates as well as corporate, estate, and sales taxes; the economic performance of right-to-work states versus forced-union states; Californians’ Form 1040s over a 15-year period to evaluate the migration patterns of Californians at various income levels; the root causes of California’s housing booms and busts; and the power of the unions, bureaucrats, and other special interests that have held back the state from overcoming its fiscal problems.

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