Talk:Financial transaction tax

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Should we split this article into two articles: National, and International?

The two headings could be these:

Financial transaction tax (national concepts)

Financial transaction tax (international concepts)

I am of two minds about this question:

On the one hand, I would say "Yes, we should split this article into two."....because it is a better way to carry out analysis. Analysis is the process of breaking things down into smaller pieces in order to think more clearly about them.

But on the other hand, if we break this into two articles, then how would we compare the two? How would we then compare the successes and failures of each? Consider the people who are working on both of these projects in the world. Could they benefit from knowing about each other's successes and failures? I would say yes, in some ways.

This (above) explains the dilemma on the question of whether or not we should split this article into two articles.

One possible solution to this dilemma would be to create a third article entitled, "The comparison between national and international financial transaction taxes."

Or perhaps we could have that "comparison" as a section heading in both of these two articles:

Financial transaction tax (national concepts)

Financial transaction tax (international concepts)

I look forward to hearing thoughts from other editors.

Boyd Reimer (talk) 19:32, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]