Economy
70 years of Scottish National Accounts: 1948–2018
Author / Creator: Graeme Roy
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
SCOTLAND’S oil and gas increased measured economic output by almost £1 trillion in today’s prices – but the vast majority of the value took the form of profits and taxes rather than wages
NorthWest 2045: Socio-Economic Profile
Author / Creator: Biggar Economics
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
The NW2045 Socio-Economic Profile identifies the challenges and potential opportunities for creating a sustainable future for the North West of Scotland.
Independent Report on Regional Economic Development in Scotland
Author / Creator: Anton Muscatelli
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
There is need for improvement in how regional economic policy is designed and delivered in Scotland.
Muscatelli Report: is Scotland ready for radical action on regional economic development?
Author / Creator: John McLaren
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
The crisis in funding regional economic developments
Innovation nation: Good Jobs for Scotland’s Future
Author / Creator: Daniel Turner
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
The country faces persistent economic challenges: sluggish productivity, high economic inactivity, and yawning inequalities across communities, regions and generations.
INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY ZONES; Area based incentives to stimulate economic growth
Author / Creator: Dave Watson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Economic activity will be displaced from elsewhere in the country
Shipbuilding shows why Scotland has reached the limits of devolution
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Scottish shipbuilding is a vital strategic industry, but Westminster only pays it lipservice.
Industrial Nation; Work, Culture and Society in Scotland, 1800 - present
Author / Creator: William Knox
Media type: Book
Date published: 1999
A social and cultural history of Scotland's industrial rise and relative decline
Fears over 'Biggest Data Centre on Earth' being located in Scotland
Author / Creator: Beth Templeton
Media type: Newspaper article
Date published:
Concerns have been raised at Amazon's plans to develop three huge data centres in Central Scotland.
Not only do they consume huge amounts of power, but local groups are concerned that their demand for water will overpower their local supplies and infrastructure.
The cost of dependence: The hidden price of the union
Author / Creator: David Murray
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2026
Dependence on Westminster costs ordinary Scots dearly: austerity, health crises, and learned helplessness
Driving Growth: Innovation and Sustainability in Scotland
Author / Creator: Driving Growth: Innovation and Sustainability in Scotland
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Energy transition and digital transformation present enormous opportunities
INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY ZONES Area based incentives to stimulate economic growth
Author / Creator: Dave Watson
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2025
Industrial strategy zones encompass free ports, investment zones, and industrial strategy zones. Are these adaptable to Scotland?
Five ways Westminster’s 'growth' plan says Scotland would be better off independent
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Westminster's growth plan offered Scotland only crumbs from London's table.
Independence is Good for Business: Economic Policy
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Scottish businesses operate under economic conditions not shaped in line with Scotland’s needs
This graph should be a rocket up the independence movement's backside
Author / Creator: Robin McAlpine
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Scotland’s position should shock you.
We are almost exactly as wealthy as the eurozone countries but we’re exporting wealth at twice the rate of even the most indebted poor countries.
Expert debunks everything you've been told about GERS and the Scottish 'deficit'
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Newspaper article
Date published:
The GERS figures present the UK government's view of whether Scotland could afford to be an independent nation.
Professor Richard Murph takes a look at the numbers and explains why the figures are inaccurate and don't represent the truth about the economy in a new Scotland.
His starting position is this:
The Scottish Government balances its books.
Every single council in Scotland balances its books.
Every public agency that is reflected in jurors balances its books.
Independence and a wellbeing economy
Author / Creator: Jim Osborne
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
What would a wellbeing economy mean for Scottish independence and how could it be achieved?
Scotland’s Economy: the case for independence
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2014
For centuries Scotland has been at the heart of global economic innovation. This is no longer the case.
Building the Local Economy
Author / Creator: Dave Watson
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Governments and councils focus too narrowly on retail operations when developing policies for the local economy.
The Scottish election: my conclusion after talking to all three pro-independence parties
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Video
Date published:
A video interviewing leading politicians from the SNP, the Scottish Greens and Alba about their economic approaches to the forthcoming General Election proved to be an interesting experience.
The National gave Murphy the opportunity to interview Drew Hendry of the SNP, Neale Hanvey of Alba and Ross Greer of the Scottish Greens.