I mention this because some of the reporting on this topic might have misled some people. For example, the NYT recently told readers:
"All three candidates [Clinton, O'Malley, and Sanders] support a financial transaction tax to limit high-frequency trading." [emphasis in original]
While Clinton has proposed a tax on high frequency trading, which is almost certainly unworkable, the other two candidates have actually proposed financial transactions taxes. The taxes they have proposed would ra...
Published on November 12, 2015 16:22