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The correlation between states having no income tax and their economic growth is not as direct as Reagan White House economic adviser Arthur Laffer says it is, argues tax economist Joel Slemrod. Photo courtesy of Jon Boyes/Getty Images. Paul Solman:…

By Joel Slemrod The correlation between states having no income tax and their economic growth is not as direct as Reagan White House economic adviser Arthur Laffer says it is, argues tax economist Joel Slemrod. Photo courtesy of Jon Boyes/Getty…

// In our Making Sen$e report on youth unemployment earlier this month, we examined obstacles inner-city youth face to finding jobs. Compiling our first Making Sen$e report on youth unemployment earlier this month, we were hit with the…