Nov. 3, 2026

Professor Gamage quoted in New York Times, Bloomberg on billionaire tax

Professor David Gamage was quoted in stories on the New York Times and Bloomberg on his work drafting the California Billionaire Tax, which is on the ballot in early November. From the New York Times on Sunday: “If California enacts a wealth tax, it will begin raising substantial revenues by 2027, and by 2028 we will have actual numbers and data and experience,” said David Gamage, a tax law professor at the University of Missouri who helped draft the tax. “And it will be a lot harder for the opposition to make all these absurd…

Oct. 29, 2026

Professor Gamage’s work on California Billionaire Tax featured in Wall Street Journal

In a major Wall Street Journal profile, University of Missouri law professor David Gamage is highlighted as one of four leading scholars who have become the “go-to brain trust” for lawmakers and advocates designing wealth-tax legislation across the country. The article traces Gamage’s influential role in developing these proposals, including helping assemble the team of scholars behind California’s Proposition 40, one of the most consequential tax-policy initiatives in recent years. The feature underscores how Gamage’s scholarship is shaping national debates and translating academic research into major public-policy proposals. Read the full article at the Wall Street Journal here.

Oct. 26, 2026

Professor Gamage’s article reviewed in Jotwell

Professor David Gamage’s recent article, “Expert Report On the California 2026 Billionaire Tax: Revenue, Economic, and Constitutional Analysis,” was identified as one of the best works of recent scholarship relating to tax law in a review recently published in Jotwell: The Journal of Things We Like (Lots). To read the full review of Professor Gamage’s article, click here.

Oct. 14, 2026

Professor Gamage’s work on “billionaire wealth tax” discussed in The New Yorker, Sac Bee

The “Billionaire Wealth Tax” proposal on the California ballot this November was recently discussed extensively in articles in The New Yorker and the Sacramento Bee. The proposal was developed by Professor David Gamage and other co-authors. From The New Yorker: “Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman … and David Gamage, a former Berkeley law professor, began working with Senator Elizabeth Warren on a wealth-tax proposal for her 2020 Presidential campaign.”; “They helped draft a proposal from Joe Biden to tax the unrealized capital gains of the richest Americans and a similar proposal from Senator Ron Wyden, of Oregon.” …

Sep. 18, 2026

Mizzou Tax Colloquium hosts Cardozo and NYU professors

On Sept. 23, Luís C. Calderón Gómez (Cardozo Law) and Mitchell Kane (NYU Law) will present “Pigou Goes Abroad.” The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time.  This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details, the zoom login, and to be sent the draft paper. Anyone who would like to…

Sep. 1, 2026

Professor Gamage participates in Congressional briefing

Professor Gamage participated in a recent virtual Congressional Staff Briefing titled “The Case for a Wealth Tax.” Professor Gamage was a member of a four-person panel that discussed economic evidence of wealth concentration, its influence on politics, and revenue potential of serious wealth tax proposals.

Aug. 28, 2026

Mizzou Law Tax Colloquium hosts Texas Law professor

On Sep. 2, Lauren Libby from the University of Texas School of Law will present “Tax-Exemption and the Shadow of Law” The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time.  This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details, the zoom login, and to be sent the draft paper. Anyone who would…

July 27, 2026

Professor Gamage quoted in KOMU story on Missouri income tax

Professor David Gamage was interviewed in a recent KOMU-TV story regarding the Missouri state income tax and the constitutional amendment on the upcoming ballot to remove it. “All of them [other states] have other ways of generating large revenues that Missouri is not currently contemplating. There are states that have large natural resource revenues: Alaska, Wyoming, to some extent Texas. There are states that have large tourism revenues, Nevada and Florida.”  See the full story here.

July 21, 2026

Professor Gamage quoted in CNBC

Professor David Gamage was quoted extensively in a recent CNBC story about the impending California billionaire tax ballot initiative. An initiative in which Gamage was instrumental in drafting. “California will, I think, more likely be better off if this is passed than not. Businesses thrive in places and states where people want to live, and being a place where people want to live requires health systems working for the people in California.” Read the full article here.

July 6, 2026

Professor Gamage quoted in New York Times

Professor David Gamage was recently quoted in the New York Times regarding the “Billionaire Tax” bill currently on the ballot in California. Professor Gamage was instrumental in helping draft the legislation. “They could have written language that would have clearly overruled the billionaire wealth tax if their language passed and got more votes, but they didn’t. So the question is whether their roundabout attempts to have that effect will be successful.” Read the full story here.