Scottish economy
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The Scottish economy is highly diverse and consists of resource-based activities (food, agriculture), oil and gas extraction and related engineering in the North Sea, renewable energies, engineering and technologically advanced sectors (notably life sciences) as well as financial services and creative industries.
The economy of Scotland had an estimated nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $205 billion in 2020 including oil and gas extraction in Scottish waters.
Full answer here: The diversity of Scotland's economy
Answer:
GERS is an annual estimate of the Scottish economy in the United Kingdom. GERS is produced by Scottish Government statisticians, independently of Scottish Ministers. It contains a number of estimates, as there is incomplete data collected for Scotland.
Full answer here: A description of GERS by Fraser of Allender Institute
Scotonomics podcasts
Author / Creator: Scotonomics
Media type: Podcasts
Date published: 2021-
How the economy really works
The Scottish Economy and Nationalism: Constructing Scotland's Imagined Economy
Author / Creator: James Foley
Media type: Book
Date published: 2023
"The idea of a Scottish economy is both recent and contested."
What might the public finances of an independent Scotland look like?
Author / Creator: DAVID PHILLIPS
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
The long-term public finances will depend on the performance of the Scottish economy.
Building a New Scotland: A stronger economy with independence
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
The Scottish Government’s proposals for the economy of an independent Scotland.
Will Scotland be better off independent from the UK?
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Video
Date published: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoPzR8-xmgo
Yes, Scotland can be better off outside the UK.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Author / Creator: John Jappy
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2014
Jappy was among the first to scotch the myth that Scotland was subsidised by London. In truth it was, and is the reverse, Scotland pays more to England’s coffers than it receives in annual allowance.
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.
The Bottom Line
Author / Creator: David Simpson
Media type: Website
Date published: 2022 -
The Bottom Line aims to invigorate the debate on the economics of Scottish independence.
Media Matters; how the media reports on indepencence matters
Author / Creator: David Patrick
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2021
Craig talks to David Patrick, author of recently published book Front-Page Scotland which looks at how stories about Scottish independence were reported in the newspapers throughout the 2014 independence referendum campaign.
Was Britain's economy already broken or will Brexit break it?
Author / Creator: The National
Media type: News Media
Date published:
The economic situation has been made even worse by the unfolding disaster that is Brexit. Scotland's view has been ignored by the Westminster government.
Scottish Reserve Bank
Author / Creator: Tim Rideout
Media type: Blog
Date published:
The Scottish Reserve Bank website attempts to clear up many of the deliberate myths surrounding the establishment of a new Scottish currency