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In today’s Guardian, economist Ha-Joon Chang and researcher Duncan Green argue that the Robin Hood Tax is an idea whose time has come.
The tax would “slow down the most speculative elements of international capital flows and raise the significant sums needed to provide the newly required global collective...
Poor countries are being robbed of tax revenue and Ireland is not doing enough to stop the theft, according to a new report by six leading global development organisations. At a Dublin launch of a new book on the issue, ‘Driving the Getaway Car? Ireland, Tax and Development’, written on behalf of the NGOs by Dr Sheila Killian of the University of Limerick, the organisations demanded that Ireland act urgently for global tax justice.
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The Robin Hood Tax could raise billions to help the poorest people in this country. We know the cuts will hit the poorest hardest, and part of this is in part because they will affect different areas in different ways. In this blog Oxfam UK Poverty team consider the present research on the case for a different economic model in Scotland.
Many people in Scotland face a life characterised by high mortality, economic inactivity, mental and...
In the last few weeks news reports have been full of positive noises and tough talk about taxing the banks. Good news? Bad news? Confused as to what it all means and how close are we to a Robin Hood Tax?
This report answers all those questions. Ahead of the extraordinary emergency meeting by EU finance ministers, Newsnight Economics Editor, Paul Mason, takes a look at how much banks are taxed by government. Also a chance to see...
