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Financing the global sharing economy, part three: the ten policy recommendations

Report / 1st October 2012

Part 3 of the report 'Financing the Global Sharing Economy' introduces the 10 policies that could enable the international community to mobilise more than $2.8 trillion within a short number of years, money that governments should use to strengthen and scale up the sharing economy both nationally and globally.

Financing the global sharing economy, part three (1): taxing financial speculation

Report / 1st October 2012

This section of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy demonstrates how governments could raise as much as $650bn globally through a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) to tackle poverty, reverse austerity measures and address climate change.

Financing the global sharing economy, part two (2): end fossil fuel & biofuel subsidies

Report / 1st October 2012

This section of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy focuses on ending government support for fossil fuels and biofuels. The text below highlights the importance of transitioning to a low carbon economy, and demonstrates how governments could raise over $500bn each year for worthier social and environmental causes. See further resources at the end of the section under 'learn more and get involved'.

Financing the global sharing economy, part three (3): divert military spending

Report / 1st October 2012

This section of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy demonstrates how governments could redirect the colossal financial resources currently spent on military budgets as a first step toward reducing armed conflict and war, while also providing urgent national and global public goods for social development.

Financing the global sharing economy, part three (5): increase international aid

Report / 1st October 2012

This section of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy argues that there can be no justification for advanced economies redistributing so little of their national incomes to assist those living in extreme poverty around the world. It presents the need for a much more generous vision of overseas development assistance, alongside major reforms to the international aid architecture.