Editing Tobin tax (section)

===Scope===

The term "Tobin tax" has sometimes been used interchangeably with a specific [[currency transaction tax]] (CTT) in the manner of Tobin's original idea, and other times it has been used interchangeably with the various different ideas of a more general [[financial transaction tax]] (FTT). In both cases, the various ideas proposed have included both national and multinational concepts.  Examples of associating Tobin's tax with these:
*April 2001:  {{blockquote|The concept of a Tobin tax has experienced a resurgence in the discussion on reforming the international financial system. In addition to many legislative initiatives in favour of the Tobin tax in national parliaments, possible ways to introduce a Tobin-style currency transaction tax (CTT) are being scrutinised by the United Nations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globalpolicy.org/images/pdfs/0401future.pdf |title=Currency Transaction Tax - a Concept with a Future |author1=Peter Wahl |author2=Peter Waldow |name-list-style=amp |date=April 1, 2001 |publisher=World Economy, Ecology & Development Association (WEED) |access-date=11 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806051702/http://www.globalpolicy.org/images/pdfs/0401future.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
*December 2009:  {{blockquote|European Union leaders urged the International Monetary Fund on Friday to consider a global tax on financial transactions in spite of opposition from the US and doubts at the IMF itself. In a communiqué issued after a two-day summit, the EU's 27 national leaders stopped short of making a formal appeal for the introduction of a so-called "Tobin tax" but made clear they regarded it as a potentially useful revenue-raising instrument.<ref name = "EUcall">{{cite news |url= http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa162054-e65e-11de-bcbe-00144feab49a.html |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210211209/https://www.ft.com/content/aa162054-e65e-11de-bcbe-00144feab49a |archive-date= 2022-12-10 |url-access= subscription |title= EU leaders urge IMF to consider global Tobin tax |newspaper= [[Financial Times]] |author= Tony Barber |date= 2009-12-11 |access-date= 2009-12-11 |url-status= live }}</ref>}}