Edwin Seligman's lectures on public finance, 1927/1928

• Other Authors: Samuels, Warren J.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2001.
• Series: Research in the history of economic thought and methodology ; v. 19, pt. 3.
• Subjects: Science > History.; Social Science > General.; Public finance.; Economics.

Edwin R.A. Seligman was a leading specialist in public finance, as well as the history of economic thought. This volume publishes a set of student notes taken in his famous course in public finance at Columbia University. The lectures cover the history of public revenues, types of public revenues in...

Table of Contents:

• Edwin Seligman's lectures on public finance, 1927-1928 / Luca Fiorito, Marianne Johnson, Warren J. Samuels
• General considerations / History of public credit
• Finance and the science of finance : public finance and fiscal science
• History of the budget
• Historical development of public revenues.