Financial Transition Tax
The Financial Transaction Tax (FTT): From Keynes to the current COVID‑19 crisis
The decline of the ‘glorious 30 years’ of Keynesian policies in the post-Second World War period, the fall of the Bretton Woods system and the currency crises in Russia and Asian countries have led to a debate surrounding the possibility of taxing transactions on the foreign exchange market. The most influential voice to suggest such a tax was James Tobin, a US economist of the Keynesian school and winner of the ...
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Impact of a Financial Transaction Tax on economic recovery and financial stabilityThe Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is an internationally operating, left non-profit organisation for civic education affiliated with Germany’s Left Party. Active since 1990, the foundation has been committed to the analysis of social and political processes and developments worldwide. We work in favour of a more just world system based on international solidarity.
Background & objectives
Internationally, the coronavirus pandemic has prompted policymakers to seek new sources of revenue in order to ...
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