Economists must liberate their thinking in response to financial transaction taxes
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Giles 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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The incidence of financial transaction taxes
Monday, February 15th, 2010The 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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New report on taxing banks
Monday, February 15th, 2010Tax Research UK, along with the Trade Union Congress, Tax Justice Network, Christian Aid and the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development has
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'Robin Hood tax' will hit 10,000 City bankers with £1m bonuses
Saturday, February 13th, 201010,000 City bankers hit £1m jackpot: Grotesque payouts are set to double | Mail Online. Want to know where part of the incidence of the
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The FT on FTTs
Friday, February 12th, 2010The 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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People when it suits them - non-existent when it doesn't - that's the US corporation for you
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Supreme Court Blocks Ban on Corporate Political Spending – NYTimes.com. As the New York Times has reported: Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment
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Let's ask where bank profits come from
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Britain must back Obama’s stand against the money bullies | Polly Toynbee | Comment is free | The Guardian . The great unasked question is
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How the big banks rigged the market
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010FT.com / Columnists / Philip Stephens – How the big banks rigged the market. Excellent to see a columnist asking why and how banks make
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In the battle of bankers v shareholders bankers winin as bonus tax fails
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010FT.com / UK / Business – UK Treasury to cash in as bonus tax fails. As the FT notes: Alistair Darling’s attempt to stop banks
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