Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman
United States economist (1861-1939) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 78
Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman (1861-1939) was an American economist who spent his entire academic career at Columbia University in New York City. Seligman is best remembered for his pioneering work involving taxation and public finance.
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His principles for a progressive federal income tax were adopted by Congress after the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment. A prolific scholar and teacher, his students had great influence on the fiscal architecture of postcolonial nations. He served as an influential founding member of the American Economics Association.
