James Tobin

As the US economist James Tobin, who dreamed up the tax put it, the idea was to "throw some sand in the wheels of our excessively efficient international money markets" – because of the damage they inflicted on the real economy.

The City of London isn't a national interest – it's a class interest | Seumas Milne 2011

Born in Varese north of Milan, he studied in Italy's financial capital at its business-oriented Bocconi university, and then did graduate studies in economics at Yale under a Nobel winner, the late James Tobin, another otherwise obscure economists whose name is also in the news, for his advocacy of a "Tobin" tax on foreign currency transactions.

Berlusconi's replacement as Italy's PM: will it be the fixer or the technocrat? 2011

In other places, it is known as a "Robin Hood Tax" and "Tobin tax," named for Nobel laureate James Tobin, who proposed in the early 1970s a tax on currency conversions.

To Reclaim the Envy of the World, Wall Street Must Pay David Weidner 2012

It started as Nobel laureate James Tobin's idea for reducing currency speculation in the 1970s.

The Tobin Tax Mirage 2011

A tax on foreign-exchange deals, known as a Tobin tax after Nobel Laureate economist James Tobin , is aimed at turning speculators away from short-term financial transactions.

Forex Tax in Japan a Possibility Tatsuo Ito 2011

The "Tobin tax", named after the Nobel laureate economist James Tobin, specifically targeting currency speculation, was first mooted in the Seventies.

Arguments against a Robin Hood tax are bogus | Observer editorial 2011

As the Associated Press explains:Monti, who studied at Yale with economist James Tobin, who first proposed the levy, said his one-time mentor likened the tax's popularity through history to the Loch Ness Monster.

Eurozone crisis live: George Osborne says UK could increase IMF payments - 11 January 2012 2012

If the President wants to do the global economy a favor and assert America's economic leadership, he could put politics aside for an afternoon and explain the real-world consequences of James Tobin's ruinous idea.

The Tobin Tax Mirage 2011

A financial transaction tax on speculative trading is sometimes called a "Tobin tax," after the man who first proposed it, Nobel laureate economist James Tobin.

Ellen Brown: Who Will Pay: Wall Street or Main Street , The Tobin Tax or the VAT? 2010

The larger 1% tax originally proposed by James Tobin is therefore favored by some proponents.

Ellen Brown: Goldman's Profits Come from Our Pockets: Why We Need a Tobin Tax 2010