The Shifting and Incidence of Taxation is a title authored by Edwin Seligman, a professor at Columbia University. This work is an examination of the effect of taxes on economic welfare. For as long as there have been taxes, there have been varying philosophies on how the system of taxation should be structured. The purpose of Edwin Seligman's The Shifting and Incidence of Taxation is to provide the reader with an overview of the various approaches to tax incidence and examine the impacts on the individual under different systems of taxation. The author has divided the work into two distinct parts. Part one examines the history of the doctrine of incidence, highlighting both early and more modern approaches to the topic. Part two provides the reader with a detailed analysis of incidence as commonly deployed, and includes a thorough examination of the various forms of taxes and overarching taxation principles. The book concludes with a section providing advice to legislators, as well as a bibliography. The Shifting and Incidence of Taxation is a thorough handling of its subject matter. The title attempts to walk the fine line between accessibility and accuracy, and is largely successful, making this a work that can be appreciated both by economists and those with little formal background in the theories of taxation. Having been published in the nineteenth century, this work is also valuable for the snapshot in time that it provides of the tax system in the late 1800s. Readers interested in theories of taxation will surely find The Shifting and Incidence of Taxation to be a compelling read. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.