This chapter in this book addressing inequality identifies elements of the U.S. income tax laws that contribute to that inequality. While the language of the tax laws is neutral and applies identical rules to all, the distribution of tax burdens among the members of the U.S. populace may not...

Critical tax theory identifies systemic imbalances in taxation that impose disproportionally high tax burdens on groups who lack or fail to exercise political power. This article focuses on foreigners as an ideal taxpaying group because it does not vote. The article identifies some ways in which...

In this article, Ordower contextualizes block rewards litigation with historical failures to tax compensation income paid in kind. Tax fairness principles demand current taxation of the noneconomically diluting block rewards’ market value