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Financial Transaction Tax

Also known as a Financial Speculation Tax


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Support for a Financial Transactions Tax pdf_small
Updated November 2012

Facts and Myths About the Financial Speculation Tax pdf_small
December 2010; Updated December 2011

Economists' Letter in Support of a Financial Transactions Tax pdf_small
December 2009

Editorial: High-Frequency Trading Insanity
USA Today, September 26, 2012

Paul Krugman: Things to Tax
New York Times, November 27, 2011

Bill Gates backs financial transaction tax to aid poor
Reuters, September 23, 2011

Proposed Tax May Help, Not Hurt, Small Investors 
The Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2010

Reports

The Relationship Between Financial Transactions Costs and Economic Growth

March 2012, Dean Baker and Helene Jorgensen

The Deficit-Reducing Potential of a Financial Speculation Tax
January 2011, Dean Baker

Responses to Criticisms of Taxes on Financial Speculation
January 2010, Dean Baker

The Potential Revenue from Financial Transactions Taxes
December 2009, Dean Baker, Robert Pollin, Travis McArthur, and Matt Sherman

The Benefits of a Financial Transactions Tax
December 2008, Dean Baker

Blogs

CEPR News, March 2013

The Impact of a Financial Transactions Tax on Futures Trading Volume

CEPR News February 2013

USA Today Says It's Time to Tax Wall Street

CEPR News July 2012

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Op-Eds & Columns

Why We Need a Financial Speculation Tax

Mark Weisbrot
Kansas City Star (KS), March 14, 2013
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, March 14, 2013
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), March 14, 2013
Bellingham Herald (WA), March 14, 2013
Eugene Register-Guard (OR), March 14, 2013
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), March 14, 2013
Bradenton Herald (FL), March 14, 2013
Anchorage Daily News (AK), March 14, 2013
Middletown Times Herald Record (NY), March 16, 2013
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), March 16, 2013
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), March 16, 2013
Times of India, March 17, 2013
Willimantic Chronicle (CT), March 17, 2013
Lawton Constitution (OK), March 17, 2013
Kokomo Tribune (IN), March 17, 2013
Gainesville Times (GA), March 17, 2013
Rome News-Tribune (GA), March 17, 2013
Salt Lake City Deseret News (UT), March 17, 2013
Centre Daily Times (PA), March 18, 2013
Keene Sentinel (NH), March 18, 2013
White River Valley News (VT), March 18, 2013
Youngstown Vindicator (OH), March 19, 2013
The Epoch Times, March 21, 2013

We Need Job Creation, Not Talk of Debt-to-GDP Ratios

Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), February 20, 2013

Does Government Need to Do More?

Dean Baker
Room for Debate (The New York Times), February 11, 2013

Fix the Debt and a Wall Street Sales Tax

Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, February 12, 2013

The Fiscal Cliff Deal: Who Got Thrown Off?

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 1, 2013

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Events

A Financial Transaction Tax: Raising Revenue and Restraining High-Speed Trading

Financial Transactions Taxes at Home and Abroad

Financial Reform Summit III: "From Dodd-Frank to Occupy and Everything In Between"

The Occupied Super Committee Hearing of the 99%

The Financial Crisis: Why We Occupy

'Robin Hood' March and Teach-In for #OccupyDC

Briefing On Financial Transaction Taxes

Debating Taboos: Securities Transaction Tax – Bring it Back or Leave it Out?

Feasibility and Impact of an FTT: Discussion on IMF Paper "Taxing Financial Transactions"

Wall Street and Economic Experts, Labor Leaders, Consumer, Development and Global Health Advocates to Hold Press Conference on Financial Speculation Tax

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Testimony

The Benefits of Financial Transactions Taxes
May 17, 2010, Dean Baker's Statement to the Bundestag

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