Robert Reich, for whom I have a great deal of respect, offers this succinct explanation:You can read more about this issue, also often referred to as the Tobin tax, here.Recommend this Post
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Politics and its Discontents: Why A Tax On Financial Transactions Makes Sense
Robert Reich, for whom I have a great deal of respect, offers this succinct explanation:You can read more about this issue, also often referred to as the Tobin tax, here.Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Thinking Beyond The Conventional
We are regularly told, both by governments and their corporate confederates, that these are tough times, and that only patience and a freer hand for business will bring about eventual relief. To the seasoned observer, such a prescription is utter nonse…
Continue readingAlex's Blog: Why We Hate Taxes – and why we shouldn’t
A somewhat shorter version first appeared in albertaviews January/February 2015 as Taxes: a small price to pay for civilization About a year ago, my son Jordan, some friends and colleagues and I put together a book on taxes in Canada, Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word. We had quite different
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