Economics

Scotonomics podcasts

Author / Creator: Scotonomics

Media type: Podcasts

Date published: 2021-

How the economy really works


Resilient Scotland; Part One

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: 2021

The Scottish National Investment Bank should act as a bank and capitalise from sources such as pension funds. It should lend to the public and the private sector.  Public procurement should have the public policy goal of supporting Scottish business and achieving the maximum number of manufacturing jobs.


Support for Independence drops significantly if Scotland were to join Euro

Author / Creator: Edward Malnick

Media type: Newspaper article

Date published:

40% Scots less likely to support Independence if Scotland had to join the Euro.


Can an independent Scotland lead the way with MMT?

Author / Creator: The Stirling Wolf

Media type: Blog artcle

Date published:

Putting aside the obvious democratic deficit that independence removes, what we also want to achieve is better schools, hospitals, research and development, infrastructure, public transport, policing and more. We want a better quality of life. Yet with every debate around independence there is always one factor that concerns individuals. The cost. 

Is MMT the solution?