Neil H. Buchanan

Neil H. Buchanan, B.A. (Vassar College), A.M. in Economics (Harvard), Ph.D. in Economics (Harvard), J.D. (University of Michigan), Ph.D. in Laws (Monash), is an economist and legal scholar who is visiting professor at U of T in 2024-25.  He is the James J. Freeland Eminent Chair in Taxation and Professor of Law emeritus at the Graduate Tax Program at the University of Florida.  He has taught economics courses at Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Michigan, and elsewhere; and he has taught law at The George Washington University, New York University, and Rutgers University.  He is an internationally recognized scholar who speaks frequently at universities around the world and has published widely in both academic journals and major newspapers and magazines.  His core areas of research are tax policy, intergenerational justice, retirement security, critical perspectives on economics as applied to law, and the future of democracy in the US. Contact: nh.buchanan@utoronto.ca