More on the Tobin Tax – a securities transfer tax imposed to discourage currency speculation and to penalize short-term trading — first proposed by the late Yale Nobel laureate economist James Tobin in 1972:
- ataxingmatter, Financial Transactions Tax, by Linda Beale
- Don't Mess With Taxes, The Investment Tax Is Back!, by Kay Bell
- Future of Capitalism, House Democrats Ready a Tobin Tax, by Ira Stoll
- The Hill, Democrats Push $150B Stock Tax on Wall Street, by Silla Brush
- New York Times op-ed, Taxing the Speculators, by Paul Krugman
- Greg Mankiw's Blog, Is a Tobin Tax Feasible?, by Greg Mankiw
- Times Online, Congressmen Float Trades Tax, by Christine Seib
- Wall Street Journal, Government Deficits and Private Growth, by George Mellon
