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Exchange Rates and Tobin Taxes

Jim Riley

24th November 2009

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As I start to think about teaching the introduction to exchange rates i remembered the hot debate about the possibility of a Tobin Tax being introduced for speculative currency trading. Do your students think this is a good idea or should the markets and the traders be left alone?

This news article from Bloomberg provides an excellent introduction to the idea of a Tobin Tax on speculative currency trading and is sure to stimulate debate in your classroom. You can read more here.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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