Comments on: Tobin or not Tobin….

By: Eat the Rich | Political Climate

Eat the Rich | Political Climate — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:15:55 +0000

[...] argued before on this blog that taxing wealth is a defensible approach to raising revenue for vital climate [...]

By: Borrowing from the future « Political Climate

Borrowing from the future « Political Climate — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:31:42 +0000

[...] second point is about time. A while back we argued that finance for adaptation should come from a tax on wealth accumulated from previous generations [...]

By: Scrap 50p to introduce a land tax | Left Foot Forward

Scrap 50p to introduce a land tax | Left Foot Forward — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:43:21 +0000

[...] inequalities in wealth in the UK far outstrip inequalities in income. As the Political Climate blog points out, “recent data from the ONS show that the top 10% of households own more wealth [...]

By: To defend the cuts, Labour must be clear about the size of government | Left Foot Forward

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:17:03 +0000

[...] of the VAT rise, which would be deeply regressive, I would instead pick a wealth tax. As the Political Climate blog points out, “recent data from the ONS show that the top 10% of households own more [...]

By: Are you looking at my FTT? « Political Climate

Are you looking at my FTT? « Political Climate — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:02:37 +0000

[...] reply I’ve posted on Duncan Green’s blog, From Poverty to Power: Let’s start with my original post. I didn’t actually say that an increase in taxes on wealth would be “more progressive and [...]

By: Taxing Politics « Political Climate

Taxing Politics « Political Climate — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:47:27 +0000

[...] transactions tax, but careful consideration of where the burden actually falls – one of the main points Matthew was making – is important, otherwise society’s victory will be short lived. Also, it would be a [...]

By: andrewpendleton

andrewpendleton — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:09:26 +0000

Thanks Lucy. Will take a look.

By: From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green » Blog Archive » Why Owen Barder is (mostly) wrong to oppose the Robin Hood Tax

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:58:34 +0000

[...] similar vein, Matthew Lockwood suggests that a global wealth tax would be more progressive and transparent, to which Owen adds a long list of other progressive [...]

By: Reg Platt

Reg Platt — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:15:57 +0000

interesting.

i think the intergenerational framework is helpful, in the UK context, as the arguments for shifting the tax burden towards wealth may be far broader than the unequal emissions of carbon – is about unequal opportunities to accrue wealth and unequal quality of life more generally – and any opportunity to advance climate change policy in a non-climate change context/frame is worthy of some attention.

and I think the frame has potential to be quite potent. family is a huge motivator for people and once you get past the word ‘intergenerational’ you realise you’re actually talking to grandparents about their grandchildren.

By: Lucy Stone

Lucy Stone — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:20:54 +0000

I’ve been writing and thinking about intergenerational justice and climate change for a while now. Of course intergenerational justice can be applied to sustainability generally but carbon use really shows it clearly. I’d be interested in any thoughts on how to implement solutions to inequality between the generations. Here are some ideas to start the debate!

http://www.unicef.org.uk/campaigns/campaign_sub_pages.asp?page=116