Daniel Hemel

Daniel Hemel is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School and a visiting professor at Stanford Law School.

Recent Articles

What the States Need From Congress Is Cash

Since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, Americans have looked to their elected officials for guidance and comfort. And with President Trump passing the buck to states, governors have–for the most part–risen to the...

By Daniel Hemel , Ruth Mason and Gladriel Shobe

Want a Coronavirus Vaccine, Fast? Here's a Solution

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar sparked outrage last week when he said that the federal government could not guarantee that a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the coronavirus currently sweeping across the world, would...

By Daniel Hemel and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette

By Omitting Race, the SAT's New Adversity Score Misrepresents Reality

There are better ways for standardized testing to account for hardship

By André J. Washington and Daniel Hemel

Why the IRS Should Pay People Even More in Their Tax Refunds

For most American households, April showers bring May flowers and, even better, tax refunds. In 2018 roughly 73% of individual income tax filers received money back, averaging a refund of $2,899. In many ways, that’s...

By Daniel Hemel

Tax Refunds Are More Than a Boost to Your Bank Account — They're Good for the Country, Too

Receiving a check back from the IRS increases compliance with and confidence in the tax system

By Daniel Hemel

Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax on the Super-Rich Is the Wrong Solution to the Right Problem

There is a simpler solution, and the Senator surely knows it

By Daniel Hemel

The 401(k) Is Turning 40 Years Old. It’s Past Time We Change How Americans Save for Retirement

The provision that gives the name of America’s most popular retirement savings plan, section 401(k), will turn 40 this Tuesday. And in its first four decades, the 401(k) has lived an unexpectedly glamorous life. At...

By William Birdthistle and Daniel Hemel

What Americans Should Learn from the Trump Tax Story—and One Way to Help Stop Further Trickery

The differences between the Trumps’ tax schemes and more common avoidance techniques used by wealthy families and multinational corporations are mostly differences in degree rather than differences in kind

By Daniel Hemel
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