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Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington DC has produced a useful six-page paper looking at the lessons for the US of the UK’s stamp duty on share transactions, which, before the crisis, raised 0.3% of UK GDP for the exchequer.
Baker uses this figure to estimate the...
Thanks to the World Development Movement for this blog.
“There was a period of remorse and apology; that period needs to be over.”
The notorious quote by Barclays' chief, Bob Diamond when he appeared at the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee a few weeks ago. His appeal for us all to move on and not linger on the role of the banks in the...
Winter is upon us, and once more we are geared up for a decisive moment in determining coordinated international action on climate change – the 16th Conference of the Parties in Cancun, Mexico. Unfortunately, the crisp winter air surrounding recent conferences has been tainted by false promises: unmet emissions reduction targets, and unpaid pledges of support to developing countries’ mitigation and adaptation initiatives. The Robin Hood Tax...
UNICEF UK are a member of the Robin Hood Tax coalition. This blog was written by Samah Abbasi, International Policy and Research Officer at UNICEF.
Last week, the Government announced that it would meet its commitment to increase aid to 0.7 per cent of gross national income (GNI) by 2013. Given that it also announced significant cuts across other areas of public spending, the coalition certainly...
