{"id":6929,"date":"2013-05-06T19:42:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T17:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=6929"},"modified":"2013-05-07T08:25:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T06:25:57","slug":"is-taxing-financial-trades-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/is-taxing-financial-trades-a-good-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Taxing Financial Trades a Good Idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea makes intuitive sense and could, in principle, help channel investment to productive economic activity. There\u2019s much debate, though, over whether it can work in reality. Well- known economists have supported a transactions tax. Others of equal prominence have countered that it would be likely to lower equity prices, drive trading across borders and possibly increase market volatility. \u00a0Now many European countries are going to begin taxing trades. \u00a0Article<\/a><\/p>\n

\"tax\"<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The idea makes intuitive sense and could, in principle, help channel investment to productive economic activity. There\u2019s much debate, though, over whether it can work in reality. Well- known economists have supported a transactions tax. Others of equal prominence have … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t