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Joseph Bankman is the Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law and Business at Stanford Law School, and one of the foremost scholars in the field of tax law. He is known in particular for his proposals advocating stricter government control of tax shelters and the use of technology to simplify tax filings, and for his research and publications on progressivity, consumption tax, and Silicon Valley start-ups.

Early Life and Education
Bankman was born in Iowa, the son of a camera store owner. He earned his A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1977. Bankman went on to attend Yale Law School, and graduated with a J.D. in 1980.

Career
Bankman began his career as a tax attorney for the law firm Tuttle & Taylor in Los Angeles. While working as an associate there, he also began co-teaching a course on tax policy at the University of Southern California. In 1984, he left the firm to become an assistant professor full-time at the University. In 1988, Bankman left USC to join the faculty at Stanford Law School, where he has taught since. From 1993 to 1997, he held the title of Professor and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar. He was named Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law and Business in 1997.

Selected Publications
Books: William A. Klein, Joseph Bankman & Daniel N. Shaviro, Federal Income Taxation (14th ed. 2006). Joseph Bankman, T.D. Griffith & Katherine Pratt, Federal Income Tax: Examples and Explanations (4th ed. 2005).

Articles and Chapters: Joseph Bankman & David A. Weisbach, The Superiority of an Ideal Consumption Tax Over an Ideal Income Tax, 58 Stan. L. Rev. 1413 (2006). Joseph Bankman & Ian Ayres, Substitutes for Insider Trading,