Author: Ray Madoff, Professor of Law, Boston College

With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes

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Law professor Ray Madoff is the co-founder and director of the Boston College Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good. In an interview with Emily Schwartz Greco, The Conversation U.S. philanthropy and nonprofits editor, Madoff sums up some of the main points about charitable giving she makes in her 2025 book, “The Second Estate: How […]

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Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches

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Ray Madoff, a Boston College law professor, has written a new book: “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.” She recently spoke to Kara Miller, host of the podcast “It Turns Out,” about how the American tax system has changed over the past 40 years, widening inequality. Below is a condensed […]

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