KAIROS Briefing Paper #24: An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Adopt a Financial Transactions Tax
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A growing number of politicians, civil society organizations, economists and some financiers have become strong advocates of a global Financial Transactions Tax (FTT). An FTT is a tiny tax on financial market transactions such as equity, bond, derivative or foreign exchange trades.