Professor Edwin R.A. Seligman, the famous Jewish economist, has been called to Cuba by the Commission of Economic Defence to study the present difficult economic and financial problems of the country. Professor Seligman will study the taxation system of the country, which has been subject to much criticism recently.
Professor Seligman was a member of the U.S. Commission on Unemployment in 1912 and an expert to the League of Nations Commission on Economics and Finance 1921-23. He is one of the greatest living authorities on public finance and taxation.
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