ScotPound

Scottish Currency Options Post-Brexit

Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: July 2016

Setting up a new currency, if an independent Scotland chooses to do so, will involve planning but the steps involved are well understood. Currency options include a formal currency union with either Sterling or the Eurozone; Unilateral use of either currency; or a new Scottish currency. The recommendation is for an independent £Scot


ScotPound: Digital Money for the Common Good

Author / Creator: New Ecconomics Foundation

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published:

The introduction of a digital currency with a new payment system would provide the world’s first publicly owned, not-for-profit national payment system.  It would enable Scottish businesses to accept payments without being charged fees by banks and credit card firms. It would be available to all with mobile phones. It would demonstrate that a new national currency can be created and implemented