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Don’t Vote for a Free Lunch!

Invoking the name of Robin Hood (Britain’s famous bandit who, according to the legend, “robbed from the rich to give to the poor”) aid lobby groups, celebrities and philanthrocapitalists such as film maker Richard Curtis, have launched a high-profile campaign for a new tax on banks to fill the gaping hole in the public finances. Not […]

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Just the Ticket?

Around $1 billion has been raised so far to help developing countries by taxing plane tickets. The idea, proposed by former French president Jacques Chirac, first took effect in July 2006. Travellers in countries participating in the scheme pay two euros on top of an economy ticket in Europe, four euros in business class, rising […]