Economy
The SNP must rethink its economic model for an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Laurie Macfarlane
Media type: Assessment report
Date published:
A critique of the Growth Commission's report. "Far from being an asset to the independence cause, the Growth Commission is its biggest liability. It’s time, as we say, ‘tae think again’."
Scottish independence trading costs calculated
Author / Creator: Douglas Fraser
Media type: web page
Date published:
There may be significant economic costs resulting from independence. However, there is no reason Scotland cannot prosper as other small nations have. This report looks at the cumulative effect over 15 years.
A Guide to Scottish GDP
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Guide
Date published: 2020
- Scotland's GDP per head is at the average of the OECD countries, just behind Great Britain.
- Gross Vaue Added per head - the most being 3 times the least area.
- Disposable income per head has much less variation.
- The Human Development Index shows Scotland very close to the UK
State of the economy
Author / Creator: Chief Economic Advisor
Media type: triannual government report
Date published: 2020 -
This is the three times a year report on the Scottish economy in an international context.
Scottish Development International
Author / Creator: Scottish Development international
Media type: website
Date published: 2020 -
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A web site that presents the Scottish economy from an international business and investment perspective.
SCOTTISH ECONOMY OVERVIEW
Author / Creator: Scottish International Development
Media type: Web site
Date published: 2021-
This gives the Scottish economic statistics from an international investment point of view.
Economic commentary
Author / Creator: Scottish Enterprise
Media type: government report
Date published: 2021-
Monthly update on global, UK and Scottish economic trends and performance, drawn from a wide range of economic indicators and commentaries.
Economy of Scotland
Author / Creator: Wikipedia
Media type: Wikipedia
Date published: 2021-
The economy of Scotland had an estimated GDP of $205 billion in 2020. This includes oil and gas extraction in Scottish waters.
Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland
Author / Creator: Wikipedia
Media type: Wikipedia
Date published:
Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) is an annual estimate of the Scottish economy as part of the United Kingdom. It was first published in 1992, and yearly since 1995, with the exceptions of 2007 where there was no report due to a methodology review, and 2016 where there were two annual reports due to an acceleration of publishing timescale.
FFS explains: what is the GERS report and what can it tell you?
Author / Creator: The Ferret
Media type: Fact check
Date published:
Published annually, the report details the difference between Scotland’s tax revenues and its public service expenditure.
Brexit, nationalism and disintegration in the European Union and the United Kingdom
Author / Creator: Ben Wellings
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published: 2020
The Brexit referendum opened up conflict between executive, parliamentary, national and popular sovereignties in the differing nations of the United Kingdom and had a noticeable effect on British disintegration.
The economics of secession: a review of legal, theoretical, and empirical aspects
Author / Creator: Thierry Madiès
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published: 2018
Economic theory shows that the decision for a region to remain in a country (or a union) or to secede results from a trade-off between the benefits of being part of a large country, and the costs associated with more heterogeneity. Literature confirms the importance of these trade-offs and shows that decentralization may be effective to accommodate secessionist conflicts only if certain conditions are fulfilled.
5 reasons Scotland would thrive as an independent nation (updated)
Author / Creator: Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
Media type: Web site
Date published: 2019
Scotland is economically viable as it has natural resources, a skilled population, strong trading relations, excellent industrial sectors and products, and a well developed financial sector.
The SNP must rethink its economic model for an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Laurie Macfarlane
Media type: Assessment report
Date published:
Scotland can become a successful independent nation. But that plan needs to come from the 2020s. And it needs to come from a broad cross section of civil society, not just business groups. Far from being an asset to the independence cause, the Growth Commission is its biggest liability. It’s time, as we say, ‘tae think again’.
How would an independent Scotland pay for it?
Author / Creator: Cameron Archibald
Media type: News Media
Date published:
It’s that time of year again when unionists start spreading lies about how an independent Scotland is subsidised by taxpayers money from the rest of the United Kingdom.
Can Scotland afford to go it alone?
Author / Creator: Ruth Strachan
Media type: Article
Date published:
With every passing election, Scotland seems to move closer to independence. Investment Monitor explores the obstacles the country would face should it leave the UK.
A Guide to the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) Report
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published: 2021
GERS does not present a balanced view of the Scottish economy. The possible financial costs and risks, or savings and opportunities, of implementing a new constitutional framework are, naturally, not considered in GERS. Similarly, it does not report on the effects of faster or slower economic growth in an independent Scotland.
Where does Scotland’s wealth go?
Author / Creator: Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
Media type: Web site
Date published: 2013
When you compare the map of where the wealth ends up with a map of where the UK’s wealth is generated, the union drains wealth from Scotland.
Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland 2020-21
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: government report
Date published:
Estimated total 2020/1 expenditure for the benefit of Scotland was £99.2 billion. Spending increased by 21.0%, reflecting the costs of the health and wider economic interventions in response pandemic. This is equivalent to 9.1% of total UK public sector expenditure, or £18,144 per person, which is £1,828 per person greater than the UK average.
HS2 will not cost Scotland £17 billion
Author / Creator: Full Fact
Media type: Fact check
Date published:
There is no evidence for the claim that HS2 will cost Scotland. In effect, all money spent by Scotland on HS2 is returned through the Barnett formula.