Editing Arthur Laffer (section)

=== Presidential Medal of Freedom ===
[[File:President Trump Presents the Medal of Freedom (48099861262).jpg|thumb|Laffer receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Trump in 2019]]
In 2019, President [[Donald Trump|Trump]] awarded Laffer the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the nation's highest civilian honor.<ref name=":5" /> The Trump White House said Laffer was receiving the award for "public service and contributions to economic policy that have helped spur prosperity for our Nation" and that Laffer was "one of the most influential economists in American history" due to popularizing the "[[Laffer curve|Laffer Curve]]."<ref name=":5" /> Trump praised Laffer for policies that he said brought "greater opportunity for all Americans."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tankersley|first=Jim|date=June 19, 2019|title=Trump Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Arthur Laffer, Tax-Cut Guru|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/politics/arthur-laffer-medal-of-freedom.html|access-date=June 20, 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620001813/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/politics/arthur-laffer-medal-of-freedom.html|url-status=live}}</ref>