The European Union financial transaction tax is a proposal made by the European Commission to introduce a financial transaction tax within some of the member states of the European Union.
The building of the European Commission where the EU FTT proposal was drafted
The 2008 financial crisis was followed by a global resurgence of interest in Keynesian economics among prominent economists and policy makers. This included discussions and implementation of economic
John Maynard Keynes
Prime Minister Clement Attlee (left) with King George VI. Attlee based the British post-World War II economic policy on Keynes' ideas.
Friedrich Hayek, Keynes' leading contemporary critic. Milton Friedman began to take over this role by the late 1950s.
During his term as the 13th prime minister of India, economist Manmohan Singh spoke strongly in favour of Keynesian fiscal stimulus at the 2008 G-20 Washington summit.