Currency
Scotland’s Currency Dilemma
Author / Creator: William Thomson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
“the economic framework underpinning Scottish independence is dangerously misguided and likely to lead to a worse economic situation than we experience as part of this dysfunctional Union.”
How easily could an independent Scotland set up its own currency?
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
New currencies can be created and launched both quickly and effectively.
How easily could an independent Scotland set up its own currency?
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
mini case studies to highlight the positives of adopting a new currency
How easily could an independent Scotland set up its own currency?
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
"several mini case studies ... highlight the positives of adopting a new currency and will provide examples of recently independent countries that have created and launched their own currency both quickly and effectively"
Scotland: Currency Options and Public Debt
Author / Creator: Angus Armstrong
Media type: Article
Date published: 2014
What currency option would be best for an independent Scotland
Currency options for an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: GEMMA TETLOW
Media type: Article
Date published: 2021
"Concerns about currency stability could be minimised ... by an independent Scotland putting in place strong, independent institutions ... and demonstrating a commitment to low and stable inflation and to sustainable fiscal policy.
An Independent Scotland’s Currency Options Redux: Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Currency Choice
Author / Creator: Ronald Macdonald
Media type: Working Paper
Date published: 2014
The only currency option that maximizes the benefits and minimizes the costs of independence is that of a separate currency.
What would the currency options be for an independent Scotland?
Author / Creator: Ronald Macdonald
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
Scotland can
- use Sterling
- join a monetary union
- establish its own currency
WHERE DOES MONEY COME FROM?
Author / Creator: ANDREW JACKSON
Media type: Report
Date published: 2012
A guide to the UK monetary and banking system
The SNP’s Currency Proposals
Author / Creator: Iain Hardie
Media type: Review
Date published: 2022
"On the surface, the government’s proposals on currency appear little changed from the Scottish Growth Commission (SGC)... However, this masks significant changes in the new proposals."
Twenty-First Century Central Banking and an Independent Scotland’s Currency Choice
Author / Creator: Iain Hardie
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
"Having the full range of monetary policy options is essential for financial stability. [It enables] an independent Scotland’s government to protect its citizens in crises, whether global or more local.”
How governments create money
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Video
Date published: 2021
Governments create money through the power of taxation.
Does Scotland need its own currency after independence?
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Video
Date published: 2020
Scotland requires its own currency.
Why we don’t need to fear inflation
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Video
Date published: 2022
What inflation is and how to cope with it.
How do we Pay for it [currency]?
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Video
Date published: 2022
Creation of money, a description by Richard Murphy
The Road to the Scottish Currency
Author / Creator: Scottish Currency Group
Media type: Book
Date published: 2022
Q & A on the Scottish Currency
What is Money?
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Video
Date published: 2022
Money is a promise to pay
A Response to John Kay Part 1
Author / Creator: Mammoth Whale
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2021
A critique of John Kay's view of Modern Monetary Theory.
Soft Currency Economics II (MMT – Modern Monetary Theory
Author / Creator: Warren Mosler
Media type: Book
Date published: 1993
- what is money;
- why debt monetization and the money multiplier are myths;
- how fiscal and monetary policy can be used effectuate full employment;
- deficits do not cause countries to default on their debt unless that is the decision.
Putting citizens at the centre of Scotland’s economic policies
Author / Creator: Jim Byrne
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2022
A call for a new model to derive economic polices. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a practical-based model that looks after the welfare of a nation's citizens.