I am here to express my support for a Financial Transaction Tax. I will first explain my reasoning, and then address the principle legitimate concern about the tax from the perspective of a financial practitioner.
Speculators may do no harm as bubbles on a steady stream of enterprise. But the situation is serious when enterprise
European leaders have begun to discuss options for moving forward with a process called “enhanced cooperation,” in which nine or
This blog post previously ran in The Guardian’s Business section. A tax on financial transactions can calm the frenzy of
What does the collapse of MF Global, the Euro crisis, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the collapse of Fannie Mae and
Last Friday, I participated in a Special Briefing on Capitol Hill in support of the Financial Transactions Tax (FTT). I
“We conclude first and foremost that the crisis was avoidable,” declared Phil Angelides, chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
Last week, Capital Institute co-convened with futurist Hazel Henderson at Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil), her company’s facility in
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Another version of this post ran earlier today on The Guardian’s Sustainable Business Blog. 6 Reasons Why Stock Markets Are No
The concern I raised last June that we should enforce the Bank Holding Company Act and not allow the too often irresponsible,
Bloomberg View has joined its Wall Street customers in coming out against the Financial Transactions Tax proposed by Germany and France,
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