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Edward McCaffery (born c. 1959) is a tax law professor at USC Law School and a visiting professor of Law and Economics at Caltech.

summa cum laude in something — Yale University

J.D. magna cum laude — Harvard Law School

master's degree in economics — USC

He is an internationally recognized expert in tax law.
McCaffery studies:

tax policy

tax structures

public finance theory
including behavioral public finance

property law and theory

intellectual property

law and economics

Ventures

clerk to Chief Justice Robert N. Wilentz — New Jersey Supreme Court

attorney with Titchell, Maltzman, Mark, Bass, Ohleyer & Mishel

USC Law faculty — from 1989

visiting professor of law and economics at Caltech — from 1994

chaired the USC Institute on Federal Taxation — from 1997

founded the USC–Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics
served as its director from 2000–2003

elected fellow of the American Law Institute

elected fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel

Senior Counsel in the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP

official consultant to the Russian Federation to help design a comprehensive tax code

Books

A New Understanding of Property — forthcoming

Fair Not Flat: How to Make the Tax System Better and Simpler — advocating a progressive consumption tax based on spending rather than income

Taxing Women — discussing the gender inequity of the current United States income tax code which penalizes working women

Bibliography

"Cognitive Theory and Tax"

"Framing the Jury: Cognitive Perspectives on Pain and Suffering Awards" — with Daniel Kahneman and Matthew Spitzer

"Slouching Towards Equality: Gender Discrimination, Market Efficiency, and Social Change"

Behavioral Public Finance — co-editor

Rethinking the Vote: The Politics and Prospects of American Election Reform — co-editor

Obviously, I greatly favour bullet points for rapid internal consumption, and I don't give a rat's ass about named chairs. (Is the chair named for a paragon worthy of recollection and adoration, or is the chair named for a Big Ivy benefactor purchasing moral absolution? If it's somehow our problem to muddle through the incredibly large difference, who ordered that?)

At Wikipedia, his books and bibliography might be better combined. — MaxEnt 21:37, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]