The following is the text of some brief remarks that I offered at a conference in Berkeley last Friday honoring Alan Auerbach upon his retirement. Guidelines for these remarks suggested that one discuss recent work of one’s own that reflected Alan’s influence and intellectual presence in any of his multiple fields.My most recent, though hardly…

 The authors of this piece have failed to apply Occam’s Razor in interpreting the central empirical finding.https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/ai-models-rate-right-think-tanks-lower-in-terms-of-morality-objectivity-and-quality-than-those-on-the-left/?mkt_tok=NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAGchMtTUmRXDQROqU8GZXoqTJzY5Xm_qtjwy4zmjGFL9lj4wOIiJtl_bWEJ0T0FTcJMpF1leoF076D4S75xq5tb36Twe-51sKCUv5OkZFrSwvtsk64&fbclid=IwY2xjawMbK1xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFHeEhKZ1dJU0hpMlNFbjcyAR5ptk54Gxvty419TblyAFOaASEoqA57K6TmNCA5kzu2v9VgFYJw6b5izN_mnw_aem_scPhkd4CmrMePpEOfljTbQ

I have three new articles coming out shortly. The first, in Tax Notes International next Monday (but already available behind a paywall online) is “Digital Services Taxes vs. Pillar 1: Did the U.S. Catch a Break and Not Even Notice?”The second, forthcoming in the Virginia Tax Review, is “Right Taxpayers, Wrong Taxpayers, Deduction-Selling, and Proxy…

I had a sabbatical this past spring, and thus haven’t been in a classroom since the end of fall 2024. One way I’ve used the time is in writing.Leaving aside my memoir (available at https://www.amazon.com/Now-Then-Memoir/dp/B0FD424K9C/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Z45SW78HPMOI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qDclUhMzvsVrpnD5L2tQq7HGEofxNIvs96-FGLn4dAc._XzxKpdAJk1wDl7ZgmUBu_wZVfq02XFq_YOC_f6Wcao&dib_tag=se&keywords=daniel+shaviro+now+is+now+and+then+is+then&qid=1752697305&sprefix=daniel+shavir%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-1), the first fruits of this activity are now moving towards publication. The Virginia Tax Review will soon be publishing…

This one goes as follows: “Pure gold. Easily the most honest memoir I’ve ever read: bracingly real, sharply funny, and deeply human. Whether or not you’re familiar with Dan’s immense contributions in law and public policy, this is absolutely worth the read.”I don’t know who posted this (since it’s first-name only), but a fair inference…

 Unexpectedly warm and insightful portrait of the Baby Boom Generation. (5 stars)Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2025Verified Purchase

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I gather that the GOP score of the Senate tax bill DOES show budgetary costs as being lowered by the expiration of new provisions (such as the higher standard deduction) that it would add to the Internal Revenue Code. This blatantly contradicts its use of a “current-policy” baseline for 2017 provisions.The Senate GOP’s refusal to…