The UCLA Law Review Symposium on Rethinking Redistribution: Tax Policy in an Era of Rising Inequality takes place today from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PST, moderated by Kirk J. Stark (UCLA):
9:15 a.m.: Tax Policy and Redistribution in Historical Perspective
- Charlotte Crane (Northwestern): Designing Taxes with Wealth in Mind: Some Original Understandings
- Ajay K. Mehrotra (Indiana): Creating the Modern American Fiscal State: Progressive-Era Economists and the Intellectual Foundations of the U.S. Income Tax
- Commentator: Steven Bank (UCLA)
10:45 a.m.: Political Philosophy and the Tax Progressivity Debate
- Marjorie Kornhauser (Tulane): Choosing a Tax Rate Structure in the Face of Disagreement
- Commentator: Eric Rakowski (UC-Berkeley)
12:30 p.m.: Using the Tax System as a Vehicle for Redistribution
- Lawrence Zelenak (Duke): Tax or Welfare? The Administration of the Earned Income Tax Credit
- Commentator: Lily Batchelder (NYU)
1:45 p.m.: Cognitive Psychology and the Politics of Redistribution
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Jonathan Baron (Penn, Department of Psychology) & Edward J. McCaffery (USC): The Political Psychology of Redistribution
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Commentator: William Blatt (Miami)
3:00 p.m.: Tax Policy and Redistribution in Developing Countries
- Richard Bird (Toronto, Rotman School of Management) & Eric M. Zolt (UCLA): Redistribution via Taxation: A New Perspective for Developing Countries
- Commentator: Arnold C. Harberger (UCLA, Economics Department)
