The Economics of Coronavirus
Rory Scothorne looks at how economic measures which were recently thought of as radical outliers, are now at the heart of responses to the crisis. The effect of coronavirus on the British political...
View ArticleThe Economics of the Pandemic
Iain Macwhirter’s Herald column on Sunday [Coronavirus: this crisis could bring a Great Depression, not socialism] makes a number of well considered points about the vulnerability of the Scottish...
View ArticleJeremiah Wilson and the Scottish Economy in Lockdown
WHAT’S the state of the Scottish economy three months into lockdown? We got new hard data this week from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the evil Department of Work and Pensions (DWP),...
View ArticleScotland’s Problem: Low Taxes
IS there anything new to say about the latest GERS figures? Perhaps. According to GERS, the nominal Scottish tax income was 65.9 billion, including North Sea oil revenues. That works out at 37.4% of...
View ArticleEconomics of the Climate Crisis
“If the pandemic is a dress rehearsal for the climate crisis then the human race has failed the audition” – Steve Keen. Interview with Steve Keen, Australian economist and author. He considers himself...
View ArticleLiberating Sovereignty
Leading economist David McWilliams is in interview live tonight on Scotonomics. His work has been important in understanding the dynamics of the economic failure of the British economy and its impact...
View ArticleAfter the Holiday from Reality – you have to go home
James Cleverly, the Conservative Education Secretary has acknowledged the Conservative leadership campaign has gone on far too long. This late acknowledgement is only offered because the Party...
View ArticleThe Crisis of Growth and Capital
Something important has changed. The last two IPCC reports are significant in that they have identified the economy as the problem, not the solution. Faced with this harsh truth the ruling elites,...
View ArticleScotland’s Currency Dilemma
In the aftermath of Humza Yousaf’s latest speech William Thomson of Scotonomics argues that “the economic framework underpinning Scottish independence is dangerously misguided and likely to lead to a...
View ArticleThe Scotonomics Festival of Economics 2024
The Scotonomics project brings a Festival of Economics 2024 in Leith and Dundee ‘a real-world look at our economy’. An increasing number of Scots, especially young people, have clearly given up on the...
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