Here are the three main problems: * Low cost index funds would be hurt. Far from discouraging excessive risk taking, the tax would...
More on the Tobin Tax http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/more-on-the-tobin-tax.html links to numerous articles
Greg Mankiw Is a Tobin Tax feasible? http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/11/is-tobin-tax-feasible_27.html The Tobin tax--a tax on...
Icap's Spencer rails against Turner's 'socially useless' claim http://www.efinancialnews.com/privateequity/index/content/1055908087 The...
IMF studying bank transaction tax option - Lipsky a reuters report http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN3015550520091130 Lipsky...
Why a Financial Transactions Tax Makes Sense Alain Sherter...
trader tax next on bloomberg tv for those of you who have access quotes: "less transactions so less craziness, and a pot of money to help...
Les Leopold A Tobin Tax on all Wall Street financial transactions also would move money from the financial sector to the real economy. A small...
Shape of jobs creation bill unclear ahead of White House summit...
I hope everyone notes the Reinhart quote From the Bloomberg article posted earlier by rsikit: <b>Vincent Reinhart, a former U.S. Federal...
Church challenged to broaden its moral scope http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=15243 Lobbying governments to honour their...
Tyler Durden on zerohedge: Tobin Tax Opponents Are Ignoring The Real HFT-Induced Trading Toll; Why VWAP Is A Gold-Mine, But Not For You With...
Bill O'Brien on the transaction tax http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/25/transaction-tax-obrien-intelligent-investing-direct-edge.html Steve...
I want to chime in now on the thread theme of the likelihood of the passage of this Defazio Bill. I see two equal and opposite errors. One is...
realmoney debate still going http://www.thestreet.com/p/dps/cc/columnistconversation1.html Timothy Collins Back to Jim 11/27/2009 5:34 PM...
Blog comment typifies too much thinking on this I posted the Las Vegas newspaper editorial on my blog and got this response--...
Felix Salmon on the trader tax http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/11/27/against-liquidity/ So yes, letâs throw some sand into the...
cramer still backtracking Why do i have to oppose this tax with my last breath? I am saving that breath to maintain the low levels of dividend...
Krugman Should Read the Literature on Tobin Taxes Krugman wrote an article that appeared yesterday in the NYT defending the Tobin tax, a tax on...
Hal Uy The 100% Trader Tax Rate 11/27/2009 12:25 PM EST The uproar I'm hearing from fellow traders is that most of the public and politicians...
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