All of this is well known, even if prominent opinion leaders, politicians, and philanthropists prefer to ignore it. The European Commission has surely been strongly cautioned by the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund, whose economists have thoroughly catalogued the pros and cons of FTTs.
上面所说的一切都是常识，哪怕杰出的意见领袖、政客和慈善家们宁可对此置若罔闻。欧盟委员会肯定得到过来自国际货币基金财政事务部的有力警告，在那里工作的经济学家曾详细罗列开征金融交易税的种种得失。那它为什么还要铤而走险？