Dec. 21, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth
Robin Hood, a champion of ordinary people, made a stop in Washington, D.C. this week -- to put his hat in the ring to replace outgoing U.S. Treasury Sectary Tim Geithner, a champion of Wall Street. Mr. Hood is running on a platform of taxing Wall ...
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Jun. 15, 2011 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Asad Rehman, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland June 1...
Read More »Feb. 22, 2011 / Posted by: Michelle Chan / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth
Just imagine. Nearly $1.5 trillion changes hands on international currency exchange markets each day, almost all of it through untaxed transactions made by wealthy speculators. What if we put even a tiny fraction of that money to good use?
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