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FTA “There is little empirical evidence showing that taxing investors less stimulates savings and growth,” said Emmanuel Saez, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley.

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Yes. But that's because there is so little data and so many confounding variables There is little empirical evidence for everything in macroeconomics, including for Saez's claims.

Wait, did you really just say, “I acknowledge there is no evidence” immediately followed by “there is no evidence for the absence of evidence”?

If I’m not missing something you though was implicit somehow, that is some pretty remarkable logic.

There is evidence, but it's relatively weak from statistical significance point of view. This is also true of Saez's claims, such as if only we get rid of lower taxation on capital, things will improve for the 99%. I am not aware of any evidence that would support this prediction.

I don't need evidence to know that increasing return on investment stimulates investment. Some things are self-evident. I am giving the professor a D-.

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