Joseph is a nationally recognized historian of U.S. fiscal and economic policy and serves as the director of the Tax History Project at Tax Analysts. He is a co-creator (with Robert Goulder) of the “Five Minutes On” video series on tax-related topics. He first joined Tax Analysts as an intern in 1987 and later worked as a congressional reporter and a deputy editor in chief. He is the author or co-editor of several books, including Their Fair Share: Taxing the Rich in the Age of FDR, and he writes frequently for national publications and scholarly journals. Joe has a BA in history from Williams College and an MA and PhD in history from the University of Virginia.

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