Tax Follies & Wisdom: Odd to HorrificEpisodes from Ancient to Present Joel Slemrod Paul W. McCracken Professor of Business Economics and Public policy andProfessor of Business Economics and Public Policy in theStephen M. Ross School of Business Professor of Economics in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts     Professor Slemrod, an authority on tax policy design, is known for his pioneering research on how tax policies influence households and companies. He will use stories to illustrate basic principles of taxation, including how taxes are used to change behavior, both for sinister and laudable purposes, and share notable tax policy successes and failures. Slemrod has testified before Congress, advised the Congressional Budget Office and Internal Revenue Service, and assisted treasury departments on every continent. He has published 17 books, including Rebellion, Rascals and Revenue: Tax Follies and Wisdom through the Ages, and was named U-M's David Bradford Distinguished University Professor of Economics in 2021. Learn more about him here: https://lsa.umich.edu/econ/people/faculty/jslemrod.html.