Progressive taxation in theory and practice

Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman

American Economic Association, 1894 - Progressive taxation - 222 pages

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 7
• THE HISTORY OF PROGRESSIVE TAXA: 13
• The Socialistic and Compensatory Theories: 66
• The Benefit Theory: 79
• Historical Appendix I The Benefit Theory Leads: 87
• Historical Appendix II The Benefit Theohy leads: 110
• The Faculty Theory: 127
• Historical Appendix III The Faculty Theory leads: 150
• Historical Appendix V The Faculty Theory leads: 159
• Conclusion: 190
• APPLICATION OF THE PROGRESSIVE PRIN: 201
• Bibliography: 218

Bibliographic information

• Title: Progressive taxation in theory and practice; Volume 9, Issues 1-2 of Publications of the American Economic Association
• Author: Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman
• Publisher: American Economic Association, 1894
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Mar 12, 2009
• Length: 222 pages
• Subjects: Progressive taxation; Taxation, Progressive