Economic resilience

Resilient Scotland; Part Two

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

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Creating a resilient Scotland covers the next Scottish Parliament. It provides the detail of how the transformation envisaged can be achieved quickly, with a closer look at our economy, society and democracy.


Resilient Scotland Part Three

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

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The final stage of the Resilient Scotland Plan runs from 2025 with Scotland becoming an independent country.  By 2045, the plan will be complete and Scotland will have been transformed into a net zero-carbon country with a resilient economy that works for All of Us.


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.


Resilience Economics, an Economic Model for Scotland’s Recovery.

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: 2020

We need a resilient economy, one which creates the good jobs that give people the income to live good lives now. It must have the security to make us confident we can live good lives in the future. It must be useful, diverse, and non-exploitative. It can not contain high levels of risk, or which falls over in a crisis. This resilient economy must be based on a resilient environment,  able to regenerate itself and sustain our lives now and in the future.