Please join us at this year’s Donald C. Lubick Symposium to honor the career of Len Burman, cofounder of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and its director for many years. Len retired last year after an outstanding and impactful 40-year career in the federal government, in academia, and at the Urban Institute. 

 
Len’s unwavering commitment to a fairer, more efficient, and simpler tax system has guided his research and public service on a wide range of federal tax issues. Some of his most important contributions have centered on three key questions:

 
- How can the federal tax system better support families with children? 
- How do taxes on high-income individuals affect federal revenues, the economy, and fairness? 
- What policy choices are needed now to prevent a federal budget crisis? 

At the symposium, tax experts from government, academia, and other research organizations will delve into those questions and the implications for current and future tax policy.