Economy
Rival economic nationalisms: Brexit and the Scottish independence movement compared
Author / Creator: X. Hubert Rioux
Date published: 2019
The Scottish government...intention to hold a second referendum on independence in the wake of Brexit...is illustrative of the wider dynamism of regionalism and secessionism.
The Legacy of Brexit John Curtice
Author / Creator: John Curtice
Media type: Report
Date published: February 2021
The decision to leave the EU has helped fuel an increase in support for independence in Scotland, where, in contrast to the rest of the UK, voters backed Remain in 2016 by 62% to 38%
Freeports
Author / Creator: Catherine Barnard
Media type: Report
Date published: March 2021
Freeports are unlikely to be a magic bullet in the UK "levelling up" programme.
Covid or Brexit?
Author / Creator: Anand Menon
Media type: Report
Date published: October 2021
The short term economic disruption is largely due to Covid and is experienced throughout the world. The UK faces structural adjustments that are down to Brexit and are likely, over the medium to long-term, to make the UK...poorer.
New Gross National Income figures for Scotland
Author / Creator: Graeme Roy
Media type: Consultancy report
Date published: January 2019
The Scottish Government estimates that 94.5% of its GDP stays in Scotland.
Understanding Scotland - Economy
Author / Creator: Mark Diffley
Media type: survey report
Date published: October 2021
People are feeling the financial sting of the pandemic. They are pessimistic about the economic and financial outlook. And with concern over rising prices. There is evidence of dissatisfaction with prevailing economic indicators and models. There is an appetite for a different economic settlement.
Exclusive: research shows Scotland would have benefitted more from independence than devolution
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Date published: 2021
Many countries have shown great success after independence, particularly in terms of GDP growth and developing their own currency. Overall, it can be suggested that full independence would have contributed to greater GDP growth for Scotland than devolution.
Scotland challenges inequality, while UK falls behind
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Date published: 2021
It is evident that inequalities and uneven levels of deprivation across the UK continue to be a significant problem. However, it is also clear that Scotland is continually challenging these inequalities and the Scottish Government is working to ensure that levels of GDP per head in Scotland match the average of EU countries
Independent wellbeing economy offers hope rather than Brexit chaos
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2021
Independence offers the only realistic chance of escape from a government seemingly hell bent on damaging our economy
UK’s disastrous Brexit deal unravelling on three fronts
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published:
The UK’s disastrous Brexit deal is falling to pieces as Boris Johnson’s government finds itself fighting on three fronts - Fishing, Ireland, EU.
Scotland the Brief
Author / Creator: Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
Media type: book
Date published: 2020
All you need to know about Scotland's economy, its finances, independence and Brexit.
Beyond GDP: here’s a better way to measure people’s prosperity
Author / Creator: Henrietta Moore
Media type: News Media
Date published:
Rather than the outmoded measures of growth, productidvity and income, research indentified 15 headline indicators - a prosperity index - that reflect the actual experience of well being and security for people.
How to future-proof Scotland's economy. Open Minds on Independence #15
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: News Media
Date published:
Rapidly growing new and high-tech industries are also driving Scotland’s economy which is actually more diverse than the rest of the UK. Three areas are of particular importance: Life sciences, digital industries, and space industry.
This is how independence can boost our innovation nation status
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: News Media
Date published:
One of the key drivers of a successful economy is innovation. Scotland has a proven track record of being a highly innovative nation. This can be one of the foundations upon which to build an exciting economic future. Main elements are information technology, life sciences, software and gaming, and space technologies.
Only independence can fix damage of Brexit, Open Minds #13
Author / Creator: The National
Media type: News Media
Date published:
Scotland's economy benefits from a range of advantages that few other countries of similar size can match. Our natural wealth is a key foundation stone for a prosperous future as an independent country. It is reasonable to believe that a country as naturally wealthy as Scotland would thrive if it were to gain the power to manage for its benefit.
The UK’s Brexit mismanagement, Open Minds on Independence #11
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: News Media
Date published: 2021
There were a number of mistakes made in negotiating a Brexit arrangement.
This was imposed on Scotland against its will. It has turned out to be a disaster for key industries.
1. Ignoring the wishes of Scotland and the other devolved nations
2. Sticking so rigidly to “getting Brexit done” that it made an acceptable trade deal impossible. It was immediately apparent there were serious problems.
3. Underestimating just how big a problem taking Northern Ireland out of the EU would be.
Political Activism and Agency under Austerity and Brexit
Author / Creator: Tom Montgomery
Media type: book
Date published: 2019
A study of activism against austerity in Britain from the financial crisis of 2008 through the Brexit vote of 2016. It finds that austerity has been a key factor in creating new dividing lines in British society and intensifying old divisions.
Contesting the austerity and “welfare reform” narrative of the UK Government: Forging a social democratic imaginary in Scotland
Author / Creator: Jay Wiggan
Date published:
The Scottish government fuses nationalism with social wage and social investment concepts. It conjures up images of a prosperous, community led, egalitarian welfare state as a future reality. It recuperates “welfare” as a collective endeavour. It describes austerity as a poor distribution of resources between groups and within the UK as the “problem”.
Left-wing regionalist populism in the ‘Celtic’ peripheries: Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party’s anti-austerity challenge against the British elites
Author / Creator: Emanuele Massetti
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
This article shows that the SNP and Plaid Cymru have adopted a left-wing populist discourse, based on a critique of austerity policies.
Nationalism and the politics of austerity: comparing Catalonia, Scotland, and Québec
Author / Creator: Daniel Beland
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
This analysis of the impact of austerity on nationalism stresses the role of blame as it interacts with political institutions and fiscal pressures.