Category: Economics
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The Robin Hood Tax: Perpetuating the Problem by Taxing the Thief
Interesting video with Bill Nighy talking about the ‘Robin Hood Tax‘ that would see 50p raked off all financial transactions that didn’t include members of the public. This would raise around £200bn globally each year which could be put into projects helping the poor: Obviously raising money to help the poor is a wonderful idea,…
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Whitey On The Moon: Not Any More
Occasionally two things from the news catch your ear and resonate together. Today it was the news that Obama has cancelled Nasa’s new moon programme. And [ht Barry Taylor] that Gil Scott-Heron is back with a new album. The connection? I’ve always loved Scott-Heron’s early, hard-hitting social commentaries. And the lyrics of ‘Whitey on the…
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…And Martin Rowson’s in The Guardian
Says it all. The $100m ‘loan’ from the World Bank to Haiti could be paid off like that by a fraction of the banking bonuses paid out on top of enormous salaries. Sickening.
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Haiti, Before and After | Peter Brookes
Peter Brooke’s cartoon in The Times today: I’d amend one thing, to be honest. The child in the blue shorts is most likely dead.