Jubilee Australia’s Adele Webb, on behalf of the Australian Robin Hood Tax coalition, took part in Thursday’s FTT teleconference linking her with European and UK campaigners meeting in Paris. Such linkups are critically important in making sure our Australian campaign is in step with global strategy.
What is abundantly clear is that with the French championing… More >>
Photo source: AFP, The Australian.
The G20 went pretty much as expected in terms of progress around the Robin Hood Tax (also know as a the Financial Transaction Tax or FTT). Predictably, Australian negotiators did their usual thing and gave the tax the thumbs down. The tax would place a small levy on each trade of… More >>
Adding to the mounting academic research on the benefits of the FTT (Financial Transactions Tax) is economist Stephan Schulmeister’s paper delivered at an IMF seminar earlier this month. In it he argues that the tax has the potential to stabilise markets by limiting the magnitude of “long swings” in asset prices. Of particular interest is… More >>
It’s all eyes on Seoul as Julia Gillard flys in for Thursday and Friday’s G20 meetings. The Robin Hood Tax Campaign has been gearing up over the last couple of weeks:
A letter sent to G20 leaders asking them to take action on financial transaction taxes was signed by members of the global Robin Hood Tax… More >>
