Join us to hear the latest insights from the Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker, our quarterly survey of over 2000 people in Scotland, The insights will be from new data, that is collected in the first week of May 2025.
Join us for an inspiring afternoon as part of the Festival of Ideas, where we will explore Adam Smith through the lens of history, sociology, and legal thought. This unique event features an international academic panel of renowned scholars, each offering their own perspective on Smith’s influence and ideas in our world today: 🔹 Professor John Hall (McGill University, Montreal) “The Working of Commercial Society, Past and Present”. 🔹 Professor Murray Pittock (University of Glasgow) “Adam Smith and the Economics of Sympathy Today” 🔹 Professor Maksymilian Del Mar (Queen Mary University of London) “Adam Smith: Morals, Letters, Laws” This event is [...]
The Economics of Independence for Scotland and Wales - Monetary Sovereignty
Understanding the importance of issuing your own currency in an independent Scotland and Wales.
How an understanding of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) supports independence. Warren Mosler Mark Hooper and William Thomson.
A call for Papers, Plans and Policies for an independent Scotland. A concept conference based on the assumption of an independent Scotland by 2030. Taking place in Stirling, with the venue to be confirmed. We are looking for papers covering the following areas: A Scottish Job Guarantee CONFIRMED Fiscal Policy Framework, including fiscal rules, fiscal authority and an adoption functional finance approach CONFIRMED Scotland's Wellbeing Economy Policy Framework CONFIRMED Currency in an independent Scotland, including monetary operations of a new currency, securing reserves, exchange rate policies Decommissioning nuclear liabilities in Scotland Dealing with UK debt Monetary Policy and Institutions, including the [...]
