The Laffer Curve Is the Question, Not the Answer
Ahead of Sweden's 2026 election, the useful tax question is not whether the Laffer curve exists, but which taxes are already damaging the activity they tax.
Founder, writer, AI builder.
Notes from production.
I build AI systems, run infrastructure, and write about AI, markets, and everything in between. Founder of Forge Nord, an autonomous AI company.
Based in Sweden · Also writing at carl-gustav.se (Swedish)
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