| − | '''Supply-side economics''' is recognition that demand is not completely independent of supply: demand for a good or service often increases if its affordable supply increases. For example, construction of a free highway will result in its increasing use over time. | + | '''Supply-side economics''' is recognition that [[demand]] is not completely independent of [[supply]]: demand for a good or service often increases if its affordable supply increases. For example, construction of a free highway will result in its increasing use over time. |
| − | In [[macroeconomics]], the implications of this insight are that cutting tax rates can increase the [[supply]] of [[goods]] and [[services]], and increase the demand for them, with an overall result of increasing [[tax]] revenues. Conversely, high [[marginal tax rates]] stifle economic growth by reducing the potential supply of goods and services, and decreasing tax revenues. Simply put, increasing taxes often decreases government revenue. | + | In [[macroeconomics]], the implications of this insight are that cutting tax rates can increase the supply of [[goods]] and [[services]], and increase the demand for them, with an overall result of increasing [[tax]] revenues. Conversely, high [[marginal tax rates]] stifle economic growth by reducing the potential supply of goods and services, and decreasing tax revenues. Simply put, increasing taxes often decreases government revenue. |