A New WEED-study on International Taxes
"International Taxation - Regulating Globalisation, Financing Development", a publication from Berlin-based WEED (World Economy, Ecology and Develeopment) has just been released in English.
International taxes have become a broadly debated issue. They are an
innovative way to finance development, in particular the UN-Millennium
Development Goals. International taxes can redistribute profits from
globalisation to the losers of globalisation and they can help to
regulate globalisation by internalizing ecological costs of the economy
and regulate the international financial markets and other sectors of
the global economy.The new WEED-Paper discusses background, context and legitimacy of international taxes. It also discusses in detail the feasibility of concrete proposals for international taxes. A focus is on the currency transaction tax ("Tobin-tax") and environmental taxes but also other taxes are presented such as on Transnational Corporations, the banking secret and others.
The complete document can be downloaded as pdf file:
www.weed-online.org/themen/english.html
Peter Wahl
WEED - Weltwirtschaft, Ökologie & Entwicklung
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2005-06-08 09:05 AM
