Economy

Divergence Makes Independence Inevitable

Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2023

What should the purpose of the economy be? 


Wellwashing. Why a superficial approach to Wellbeing Economics will fail

Author / Creator: Iain Black

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: 2023

An approach to economics that increases as maximises wellbeing must do so despite and regardless of the impact this approach would have on growth.


Giving Substance to the Wellbeing Economy

Author / Creator: Kate Forbes

Media type: Discussion Paper

Date published: 2023

The Scottish Government to move beyond soundbites about a Wellbeing Economy and produce a plan that has the substance to deliver on its promises.


The Scottish Economy and Nationalism: Constructing Scotland's Imagined Economy

Author / Creator: James Foley

Media type: Book

Date published: 2023

"The 'Scottish economy' continues to dominate - and to limit - debate about the country's future."


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."


Understanding Scotland Report Wave 7 Economy

Author / Creator: Diffley Partnership

Media type: survey report

Date published: 2023

Diffley Partnership latest [May 2023] research finds that the cost of living continues to drive Scots to make difficult choices.


How we forecast the Scottish economy

Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission

Media type: Report

Date published: 2021

This report describes how we produce our five-year forecasts of the Scottish economy.


The Crisis of Growth and Capital

Author / Creator: Mike Small

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

"The last two IPCC reports ... have identified the economy as the problem, not the solution."


What is a well-being economy?

Author / Creator: Tom Chidwick

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

'The well-being economic approach recognises that 'quality of life, equality, fairness, sustainability, happiness and health should be given equal weight to traditional measures such as GDP'. Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp 


The economic contribution of the Pharmaceuticals Sector in Scotland

Author / Creator: Adam McGeoch

Media type: Report

Date published: 2023

The pharmaceuticals sector is a significant contributor to the Scottish economy and a key player in Scotland’s life sciences sector.


Sunak and Brexit put Scotland at a permanent economic disadvantage

Author / Creator: Martin Roche

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

Sunak tells Northern Ireland it has a unique opportunity to prosper.


International Scotland

Author / Creator: Adam McGeoch

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

Scotland on the international stage relating to 

■ Business, Trade, and Tourism in Scotland

■  Invest in Scotland

■ Scotland’s Transition to Net-zero


Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Strategy paper

Date published: 2023

Scottish Government's priorities for Scotland’s economy.


Scottish independence: how do other small economies fare?

Author / Creator: Marlene Jugl

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

"The successes of small economies are highly contingent on state and society’s ability to capitalise on the strengths and minimise the vulnerabilities of small population size."


5 reasons Scotland would thrive as an independent nation (updated)

Author / Creator: Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

Scotland is home to a unique combination of assets with which to build a prosperous and wealthy nation.


Scottish independence: what are the big economic questions?

Author / Creator: Graeme Roy

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

The big issues are currency, fiscal sustainability, economic borders, economies of scale, and new institutions required. 


Revealed: The ACCOUNTING TRICK that Hides Scotland’s Wealth

Author / Creator: Gordon Mackintire-Kemp

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

For generations, the people of Scotland have been fed a negative narrative on Scotland’s economy. ... This narrative is fundamentally untrue. There is simply no evidence to support it whatsoever.


The Case Against Global Britain

Author / Creator: Robert Anderson

Media type: Video

Date published: 2022

UK Unionist supporters continually attack Scottish Independence. This is a look at their Global Briain to show that it is actually failing us all.


Scottish Business Monitor

Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute

Media type: Report

Date published: 1998 -

"Launched in 1998 – and now in its 21st year – the Scottish Business Monitor is one of Scotland’s preeminent trackers of business sentiment and activity."


A monetary straitjacket: Scottish Government economic plan for independence

Author / Creator: Ben Cooper

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

"The best that can be said for the Scottish Government’s new economic paper for Scottish independence, Building a New Scotland: A stronger economy…, is that it does not include some of the more hideous ideas contained within