Thursday, March 11, 2010

2008 / ..., Credit-crunch got me but not the MEPs' willingness to reform Financial Services #40

US Artist: Hanna von Goeler
British Artist: Justine Smith

An overwhelming majority of MEPs on 10 March pushed the EU executive to weigh up the costs and benefits of a possible tax on financial trading to compensate taxpayers for bank bailouts and plug public deficits. American economist Jeffrey Sachs also launched a campaign for a broad-based tax on banks and encouraged the EU to go it alone if the US moves too slowly. Clich here for details.

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