INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) 085/180612 ITUC OnLine G20 told voters want banks to put something back into the global economy. Global poll shows 63% support Financial Transactions Tax Strongest support found in France 88 %, Germany 82%, UK 76 %, USA 63% Los Cabos, Mexico, 18 June 2012 (ITUC …
UN Experts Call for Global Financial Tax to Offset Costs of Economic Crisis
New York, May 14 2012 11:05AM A group of United Nations independent experts today called on the European Union (EU) to take the lead in promoting the adoption of a global financial transaction tax that would offset the costs of the current economic crisis and protect basic human rights. “Where …
Grossly Distorted Picture: GDP Still Misleading
Grossly Distorted Picture: GDP Still Misleading Governments, Banks and Investors by Omitting Asset Accounts By Hazel Henderson, for CSRWire Talkback The GDP results, however revised for the final quarter of 2010, will remain unreliable in charting recovery and progress in Europe, the USA and most other countries. GDP is now …