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