Robin Hood Tax campaign ‘has more Facebook fans than top political parties’ — Welcome to Netimperative. The Robin Hood Tax campaign — set up to
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Financial transaction taxes defend democracy
FT.com / FT’s rolling global market overview – Worries over Greece send euro tumbling. The FT notes: Action in the forex markets triggered a fresh
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Far too good not to listen too
I admire the ingenuity of TUC colleagues who have written on the TUC Touchstone blog: Here at ToUChstone, we’re big fans of Jonathan Mann, a
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Lex – Tobin tax: is Japan onside too?
FT.com / Lex / Financial services & property – Tobin tax: is Japan onside too?. Thed Lex column notes financial transaction taxes are getting support
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More on financial transaction tax incidence and pension funds
There’s a debate taking place here on whether stamp duties are a cost on pension funds. It’s argued: The UK is held up as an
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Economists must liberate their thinking in response to financial transaction taxes
Giles Wilkes writes the Freethinking Economist blog and like others he has so far found little way to really land a blow on the report
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‘Taxing Banks’ in FT Adviser
The FT Adviser notes: A tax on financial transactions would raise £100bn a year globally, according to a report by a coalition backing a crackdown
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The incidence of financial transaction taxes
The debate about financial transaction taxes has, at least in part, come to focus on who actually pays them. My research shows that this may
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The FT on FTTs
The Financial Times has an editorial on taxing banks this morning. It is a pretty inadequate article. Gordon Brown’s idea of a global financial levy
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