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.

June 16, 2026

Professor Gamage quoted in Wall Street Journal

Professor David Gamage was quoted recently in the Wall Street Journal regarding the Billionaire Tax ballot initiative that he was integral in drafting. Whether any of the strategies ultimately works will depend on the specific facts in play, said David Gamage, a professor at the University of Missouri law school who helped draft the proposed tax. “I like to tell my students this maxim of tax-planning: Pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered,” Gamage said. “You can often get away with some amount of restructuring affairs, but if you go too far and get too greedy, you can get in…

May 27, 2026

Professor Gamage quoted in New Republic story

Professor David Gamage was quoted extensively in a New Republic story on the California Billionaire Tax ballot measure. A measure Professor Gamage helped draft through his academic scholarship. Read the full story here.

Feb. 16, 2026

Professor Gamage quoted in New York Times on his work designing the “billionaire tax”

Professor David Gamage was recently quoted extensively in a New York Times article discussing his work designing the “billionaire tax” on the upcoming California ballot. “Last, meet the wealth tax architects: Brian Galle (UC Berkeley), David Gamage (University of Missouri), and Darien Shanske (UC Davis).These men are some of the most-cited tax law scholars in the country. They’ve drafted regulations at the state and federal level. They’ve been cited by the Supreme Court in tax cases. One of them — Galle — was a federal prosecutor specializing in criminal tax cases and enforcement. Another —…