--- description: Daniel Hemel is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School and a visiting professor at Stanford Law School. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Daniel Hemel ## Daniel Hemel Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Daniel Hemel is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School and a visiting professor at Stanford Law School. ## Daniel Hemel Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Apr 15, 2020 ### [What the States Need From Congress Is Cash](https://time.com/5820259/coronavirus-relief-states-cash/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 4, 2020 ### [Want a Coronavirus Vaccine, Fast? Here's a Solution](https://time.com/5795013/coronavirus-vaccine-prize-challenge/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 21, 2019 ### [By Omitting Race, the SAT's New Adversity Score Misrepresents Reality](https://time.com/5592661/sat-test-adversity-score-race/) There are better ways for standardized testing to account for hardship [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 4, 2019 ### [Why the IRS Should Pay People Even More in Their Tax Refunds](https://time.com/5564164/irs-larger-tax-refunds/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 14, 2019 ### [Tax Refunds Are More Than a Boost to Your Bank Account — They're Good for the Country, Too](https://time.com/5529647/tax-refunds/) Receiving a check back from the IRS increases compliance with and confidence in the tax system [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 30, 2019 ### [Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax on the Super-Rich Is the Wrong Solution to the Right Problem](https://time.com/5516903/elizabeth-warren-wealth-tax-income-assets/) There is a simpler solution, and the Senator surely knows it [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 2, 2018 ### [The 401(k) Is Turning 40 Years Old. It’s Past Time We Change How Americans Save for Retirement](https://time.com/5440542/401k-retirement/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 5, 2018 ### [What Americans Should Learn from the Trump Tax Story—and One Way to Help Stop Further Trickery](https://time.com/5416649/trump-tax-lessons/) The differences between the Trumps’ tax schemes and more common avoidance techniques used by wealthy... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-hemel/","name":"Daniel Hemel"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-hemel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-hemel/"},"name":"Daniel Hemel","jobTitle":"","description":"Daniel Hemel is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School and a visiting professor at Stanford Law School.","url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-hemel/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```