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By former Conservative MEP Margaret Daly
The recession may be technically over but my concern is that the current austerity orthodoxy may be too narrowly focused.
Let's face it, the old status quo failed and was abused by the financial few at the expense of national exchequers and the tax-paying many. It's time to look at the wider issues behind the financial crisis and reflect on what radical new financial structures...
By Avinash Persaud, Senior Fellow at London Business School and chairman of Intelligence Capital.
Before the end of 2012, it is likely that 9 EU Member countries will invoke the “Enhanced Co-operation Procedure” and move ahead with a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT), that,...
This blog is from the The Robin Hood Tax US
Yesterday in New York, the U.S. Robin Hood Tax Campaign applauded the introduction in Congress of a bill that would impose a tax on Wall Street speculation. Introduced by Rep. Keith Ellison, HR 6411, the Inclusive Prosperity Act, would raise up to $350 billion in annual...
On the 5th July 2012 The United Nations (UN) released the World Economic and Social Survey produced annually by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Following the advice of United Nations experts back in May 2012, “The United Nations is proposing an international tax, combined with other...
