How far will Pogge's Global Resource Tax take us towards global economic justice?

Abstract for Cosmopolitanism and Community essay

In a bid to realise global economic justice, Thomas Pogge has proposed that implementing a global resource tax would be instrumental in controlling international inequality. Due to the injustice of the current global economic order that perpetuates poverty and exacerbates
inequality it is vital that institutional reform is undertaken to end what amounts to systematic violations of the human rights of hundreds of millions of people who are victims of poverty. As the richest nations hold the most power in deciding in how the global economic order functions they are disproportionately responsible for the injustices that it causes and, as a result, they are also disproportionately responsible for instituting global reform. Resources have never been equitably distributed between nations and as a result of the arbitrary nature of national borders this means that the distribution of resources is at best arbitrary, and more realistically completely unjust (due to the means used to gain power over certain territories). While a global resources tax would not strip every nation of their rights to the resources that fall within
their borders, it would redistribute some of the wealth that is created through the use of/extraction of natural resources by investing the resulting revenue in the development of the poorest areas. This paper will, while expounding this proposal to its fullest
extent, also examine the viability of implementing such a scheme and how nations could be convinced of its validity. The extreme injustice of current levels of poverty could lead to the conclusion that even if the global resources tax could not feasibly be implemented in today’s
world, perhaps changes should be made to the global order that would make it a reality. A further tax, or levy, will also be considered in the form of a global pollution levy that would ensure that polluters directly pay the victims of the damage of their practices. The
implications of both of these taxes on realising the goal of global economic justice will be considered as a function of its actual application.

P.S. my apologies for posting this in the wrong spot first time round!