by Tyler Durden Friday, Apr 09, 2021 - 05:45 AM Janet Yellen's pitch during the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank this week for a new global minimum tax rate was met with applause from the EU and a commitment from the G-20 to collaborate on a new framework, with an ambitious goal of finishing by the summer. The tax, according to Yellen, would help the US raise $2.5 trillion over 15 years, paying for the entirety of Biden's $2.25 trillion "American Jobs Plan", not to mention help prevent an exodus of job-destroying and economy-crippling corporate "inversions". Markets didn't exactly c...