tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post4108284264679513080..comments2023-11-08T12:09:20.020-05:00Comments on Prove Me Wrong: The Tobin TaxJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10530680372103907969noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-29568170746285194492011-04-14T19:23:48.274-04:002011-04-14T19:23:48.274-04:00I've come out in favor of something like this ...I've come out in favor of something like this before...but there are still two qualms I have with it.<br /><br />First, as Mankiw mentions<a href="http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/11/is-tobin-tax-feasible_27.html" rel="nofollow"> here</a> (btw, he too generally supports the idea but with reservations), this might just mean the financial sectors will move to other areas with less Tobin tax structures.<br /><br />Second, overall tax structures like this simply get passed on to the consumers so its the consumers that are worse off, not the big fat hedge fund managers.HispanicPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220166238164432290noreply@blogger.com