El lobby financiero contra Robin Hood

Aunque se habían despertado ciertas esperanzas, la idea de aplicar en la Unión Europea una tasa sobre las transacciones financieras -la llamada tasa Robin Hood- está muy lejos de hacerse realidad. Y las maquinaciones del sector financiero han tenido mucho que ver con esto.

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