Laffer
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Laffer is a surname most prominently associated with Arthur Laffer, the American economist known for the Laffer curve concept in supply-side economics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Laffer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2953697 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laffer Context triple: [Arthur Laffer, familyName, Laffer]
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Galt
Galt is a small city in Sacramento County, California, known for its residential communities and proximity to the Sacramento metropolitan area.
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Blinder
Blinder is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-22 supersonic bomber aircraft.
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Thaler
The Thaler was a large silver coin and monetary unit widely used across various German states and parts of Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries, serving as a precursor to the modern dollar.
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Ficker
Ficker is the birth surname of renowned American ballerina Suzanne Farrell, one of the most celebrated muses of choreographer George Balanchine.
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Lester
Lester is the given name of Lester B. Pearson, the Canadian diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and 14th prime minister of Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laffer Target entity description: Laffer is a surname most prominently associated with Arthur Laffer, the American economist known for the Laffer curve concept in supply-side economics.
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A.
Galt
Galt is a small city in Sacramento County, California, known for its residential communities and proximity to the Sacramento metropolitan area.
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B.
Blinder
Blinder is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-22 supersonic bomber aircraft.
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C.
Thaler
The Thaler was a large silver coin and monetary unit widely used across various German states and parts of Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries, serving as a precursor to the modern dollar.
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D.
Ficker
Ficker is the birth surname of renowned American ballerina Suzanne Farrell, one of the most celebrated muses of choreographer George Balanchine.
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E.
Lester
Lester is the given name of Lester B. Pearson, the Canadian diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and 14th prime minister of Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American economist
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economic concept ⓘ economist ⓘ family name ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ theoretical model ⓘ |
| advised |
Republican Party politicians in the United States
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Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describes | relationship between tax rates and tax revenue ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Pepperdine University
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University of Southern California ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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macroeconomics ⓘ public economics ⓘ public finance ⓘ supply-side economics ⓘ taxation theory ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Arthur Laffer ⓘ |
| implies |
both very high and very low tax rates can yield low revenue
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there is a tax rate that maximizes revenue ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Laffer curve
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supply-side tax policy advocacy ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Arthur Laffer ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Laffer curve ⓘ |
| occupation |
economic advisor
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of U.S. President's Economic Policy Advisory Board ⓘ |
| theoryAssociatedWith | trickle-down economics ⓘ |
| theorySupports | tax cuts can increase economic growth ⓘ |
| usedIn |
fiscal policy debates
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supply-side economics ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Laffer Description of subject: Laffer is a surname most prominently associated with Arthur Laffer, the American economist known for the Laffer curve concept in supply-side economics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.