The Twelfth Critical Tax Conference concludes today at Indiana-Bloomington:
The Critical Tax Conference is an annual gathering of tax law scholars who are interested in exploring tax issues from perspectives that go beyond conventional public economics analysis of taxation. The Conference features both paper presentations on a wide variety of tax topics and closed-session "incubator" discussions of early-stage research.
Here are today's panel presentations and incubator sessions:
Keynote Speech: Infinite Jest: Tax Stimulus Bills, by Joshua Odintz
(Tax Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance)
Panel #4: Moderator: William Popkin
(Indiana-Bloomington)
- Leo Martinez
(UC-Hastings), Latinos and the Internal Revenue Code: A Critical Perspective - Neil Buchanan
(George Washington), Rich and Poor: Power, Taxation, and Distributive Justice - Adam Chodorow (Arizona State), The Laws of Interest: A Comparative Look at the Jewish and U.S. Federal Tax Approaches to Defining Interest
Panel #5: Moderator: Leandra Lederman
(Indiana-Bloomington)
- James Repetti
(Boston College), The Uneasy Case for Efficiency in Tax Policy - Joseph Dodge
(Florida State), Implementing an Ability-to-Pay Personal Income Tax
Panel #6: Moderator: Anthony Infanti
(Pittsburgh)
- Allison Christians (Wisconsin), Networks, Norms, and National Tax Policy
- Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer
(Notre Dame), The "Independent" Sector: Fee-for-Service Charity and the Limits of Autonomy - Danshera Cords (Capital), Does the Appointment and Reappointment Process for Tax Court Judges Strengthen the Tax Court?
Incubator Session #2
- Anthony Infanti (Pittsburgh), Dismembering Families
- Bridget Crawford
(Pace), Privacy, Pregnancy and Taxation
Incubator Session #3
- Kim Brooks (University of British Columbia)
- Tracy Kaye (Seton Hall)
- Henry Ordower (St. Louis)
- Rebecca Kysar (Brooklyn)
- Mary Louise Fellows (Minnesota)



