public investment
Building Scotland’s future now: A new approach to financing public investment
Author / Creator: Iain Cairns
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2017?
Reclaiming investment is a necessary task. The value in the concept of investment is that it is exactly the opposite of the sort of speculative, short-termism in economic thinking that dominates the minds of ‘investment’ bankers.
An Investment-Led Economic Development Framework For An Independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Scotland, if independent, could improve its performance across 12 key pillars of its economy. There are a number of economic theories beyond the current one used by the UK. An investment-led economy would include laying down the foundations of a Green New Deal.
Investment in Scotland: A Common Weal Approach
Author / Creator: Iain Cairns
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: Septtember 2014
The UK’s growth has declined every decade since the deregulation and privatisation began in the 1980s. Private finance provides poor value for money. The financial system in the UK is not capable of delivering the kinds of economic and social outcomes people have a right to demand. Investment is what the UK lacks, not money.
Public Land Value Capture: A new model for housing development in Scotland
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: Feburary 2018
This report outlines the case for public land value capture. A process by which councils, not those selling land, can benefit from the increase in land value due to changing use. It can reduce house prices by not passing that uplifted cost on to renters and buyers of the houses built on such land.