Teaching tax policy more broadly is crucial because it affects fairness, inequality, and the state’s structure. Most students graduate without understanding the implications of tax systems. An innovative course at Drexel University, Introduction to Tax Theory and Policy, targets a diverse group of students, not limited to future tax professionals. The course focuses on empowering all students, regardless of their major, with necessary knowledge about tax policy. This approach aims to democratize legal and policy tools to help students engage actively in civic life.
The bill's complexity was always in service of its politics: When no one understands tax policy, it's much easier to sell whatever story you want.
Tax policy shapes everything from fairness and inequality to the functional shape of the state itself.
Courses like mine aim to democratize access to legal and policy tools so that all students, irrespective of their major, can become more informed and empowered participants in civic life.
It's not a course for aspiring tax attorneys, prospective C.P.A.s or Excel mavens; they're interested in criminal or family law, or they're business majors, future social workers, engineers or undecided second-years.
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