Blog: Wall Street
“Financial engineering,” marked by betting in financial markets, high-frequency trades and other forms of financial speculation, continues to play a very large role in the world economy, even after the financial crisis of 2008, when rampant speculation caused a crash and left communities the world over in ruins. Many in these communities have yet to see a real recovery.
A real recovery is the goal of the Robin Hood Tax,...
By Chuck Idelson
National Nurses United
First appeared in California Progress Report
They came, they danced, they marched, 2,000 people spirited and strong, Robin Hood's merry band of men and women, through the streets of Washington April 20.
Ending up...
The U.S. Treasury was today renamed “A Citigroup Subsidiary, Jack Lew, Inc. CEO,” as Robin Hood and a merry band of 2,000 hoisted a banner with the Treasury building as backdrop on the corner of 15th St. NW in Washington, D.C. “Who does Secretary Lew work for?” asked Jennifer Flynn of Health GAP, one of the founding organizations of the Robin Hood Tax Campaign. “The people,” answered all. RoseAnn DeMoro, executive...
By Deborah Burger, Co-President of America's RN Union: National Nurses United
This is a huge day," Rep. Keith Ellison announced April 17 at a press conference within view of the Capitol, referring to legislation he reintroduced for a Wall Street speculation tax with huge purpose.
Take, for example, this passage from the bill's "Findings."
"The global...
