This past week there was a seminar on pkt (Post Keynesian Thought) on a paper by Paul Davidson. His paper constituted a critique of the Tobin tax and there was a very heated and vigorous discussion. The list is at pkt at csf.colorado.edu. Its main manager is Ric Holt who is at rholt at sou.edu and he can tell you how to access the seminar. Barkley Rosser On Wed, 20 May 1998 10:38:59 +0000 Hank Sims <sims at mail.cwia.com> wrote:
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> Its Name.
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> Folks:
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> What about the Tobin Tax?
> Is it, as it seems, a simple, ingenious solution to the ravages
> of currency speculation, bubble economies, non-productive investment,
> etc.? Or at least a decent place to start addressing these problems?
> Or is it useless, or dangerous, as Sen. Helms and his /coiterie/
> claim?
> When I was at the EU Alternative Summit in Amsterdam last
> summer, the T-Tax got a lot of play. Many academics (such as R.
> Went, of the U. of Amsterdam) supported the /concept/ of the EU,
> precisely because it would have enough weight to institute the T-Tax
> and other associated "Third Way" policies.
> I've got the edited volume on the tax, and I'm going to read it
> this summer. As a student of political science, though, I don't
> think I'll be able to follow all of the economics-based arguments.
> Since you folks have that training and seem to have a skill for
> translating the jargon into English, I'd appreciate some remedial
> instruction.
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> Best,
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> Hank Sims
> MA candidate, Globalization
> Humboldt State University
> Arcata, California
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-- Rosser Jr, John Barkley rosserjb at jmu.edu