Suleika Reiners

Suleika Reiners is a Policy Officer for Finance at the World Future Council. The World Future Council is a charitable foundation working on policy solutions based in Hamburg, Germany. The founder and chair, Jakob von Uexkull, has also set up the Alternative Nobel Prize.

Only a broad-based financial transaction tax will be effective

A well constituted financial transaction tax (FTT, or Tobin tax) can not only reduce levels of inequality but also curb some of the destructive elements of financial activity and make a positive contribution to economic growth.

By Suleika Reiners

/ 25 Apr 2014