Economy
TRUE PROSPERITY AND NEW METABOLISMS
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
This is an outline of how we might situate degrowth in a history of alternative economics and regenerative movements, in the context of brutal new scientific and socio-economic realities. What does ‘true prosperity’ look like in times of socio-ecological crisis?
Watch: Our Scotland, our future
Author / Creator: Centre on Constitutional Change
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
What are young people in Scotland's views, hopes, and fears about Brexit and Scottish independence? We invited young people across Scotland to fill in a survey - here's what they had to say, including how they feel they can be included in discussions on constitutional change.
UK’s Failure to Recover from the Financial Crisis
Author / Creator: Bottom Line
Media type: Analysis
Date published: 2022
The UK has been one of the poorest performing economies since the financial crisis. The economic shock of the financial crisis was greater than most other advanced economies and the UK took longer to recover and even before Covid-19 was considerably smaller than it would have been had it matched the recovery achieved by others.
Long Term Performance of UK Economy and Small Countries
Author / Creator: Bottom Line
Media type: Analysis
Date published: 2022
The UK is in long term relative economic decline, falling further and further behind countries of a similar size and stage of development as Scotland. The choice that Scotland faces is to remain part of the declining UK economy, or to realise agency and take responsibility for improving the performance of the Scottish economy.
Agency and Helplessness and Scotland’s Future
Author / Creator: Bottom Line
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
n the last two years, Scotland has dealt with two of the biggest economic shocks in history, the health, social and economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit.
The Bottom Line
Author / Creator: David Simpson
Media type: Website
Date published: 2022 -
The Bottom Line aims to invigorate the debate on the economics of Scottish independence.
Scotland's economy by the numbers
Author / Creator: Nina dos Santos
Media type: Video
Date published: 2014
View of Scotland's prospect for independence before the 2014 refrendum.
The cost of living crisis is driven by greed and the Union
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published:
Boris Johnson's and the Chancellor’s woefully inadequate handling of the economy, which has been battered by the pandemic, catastrophic events in Ukraine and spiralling energy prices, are in danger of leaving the UK stuck with the tag, “the poor man of Europe”.
Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published:
Our vision for Scotland in 2032 is a wellbeing economy: thriving across economic, social and environmental dimensions, one that delivers economic prosperity for all Scotland's people and places.
Ten-Year Economic Strategy Reviewed
Author / Creator: Robin McAlpine
Media type: Review
Date published:
The 10-year economic strategy is generalised, vague and backwards looking.
How Voters View the Economics of Independence
Author / Creator: JOHN CURTICE
Media type: Blog
Date published: February 2022
Unionists need to win the economic argument in the eyes of voters; for nationalists, on the other hand, a draw might well be enough.
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