Robin Hood tax

English Etymology The tax is aimed at the wealthy with revenue to be used for the benefit of poorer citizens. Noun Robin Hood tax A tax on financial transactions. en FTT en The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions 2017 w:Jason Hickel 9781473539273 William Heinemann London Inventing the Future A basic income could be funded in a variety of ways, including progressive taxes on commercial land use, like the land value tax made famous by the American economist Henry George, or taxes on capital gains, foreign currency transactions and financial transactions, such as the Robin Hood tax suggested by Nobel Prize-winning economist James Tobin. Further reading en eponyms en Finance