Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) have called for a financial transactions tax (FTT) on the sale of stock and bonds to fund their ambitious College for All Act. Sanders ...

A previous version of this article appeared on Feb. 26, 2020. Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” True enough, but he missed that ...

To help understand international trade, suppose that there are only two international transaction that take place in a given period, but let’s assume that those two transactions are representative of ...

Washington Democrats are considering two motions to boost investment-related revenues. One is a financial transaction tax, or FTT, which would apply to the transactions of stocks, bonds, and ...

Thanks in large part to Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party recently added a financial transactions tax to its platform. In his run for the presidential nomination, Sanders had promoted the idea ...

As election pollsters increasingly forecast a Democratic sweep in November — of the White House along with both houses of Congress — the financial services industry is revisiting the idea of a ...

Editor’s Note: Josh Bivens is director of research at the Economic Policy Institute. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. It’s been almost a year since the global financial sector ...

The late Jack Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group and advocate for low-fee retirement investing, was once asked what he thought about a financial transaction tax. The man named by Fortune as one of the ...

A business bank statement tracks transactions, balances, and cash flow. Learn key components and tips for better financial management. A business bank statement is an official financial document ...

When a business engages in any economic activity, such as selling goods, purchasing supplies or paying salaries, these events must be recorded in the financial books. This is the first phase of the ...