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SUMMARY:Economics of the Real World
DESCRIPTION:BOOK NOW: for only £15.\n7.30 pm to 9 pm. Scotland’s Rentier Economy\, its role in the New Enclosure\, who owns Scotland’s Infrastructure (clue it’s not me and you)\, and why the price is WRONG for Scotland’s electricity. An Audience With Professor Brett Christophers.\nFew people know more about the UK economy than Brett Christophers. And we are delighted that Professor Christophers is about to open the Festival of Economics in 2025. Born in Croydon outside London and now working at Uppsala University in Sweden\, Professor Christophers can’t stop writing about the UK even when he sets out to write about the USA! In his book Rentier Economy\, he was sure that the US was the most ‘capitalist’ nation. But after a little while of research\, all roads led to the UK.  In his 2020 book Rentier Capitalism\, Brett wrote\, “The UK has come to be seen as the world’s undisputed privatisation trailblazer.”  \nIn his book The Price is Wrong\, he discusses the electricity market in the UK and asks\, “Why does the most expensive generator set the price received by all? It is a good question\, eliciting much head-scratching at the time of writing!” To find out the answer to that head-scratcher and so much more—especially around ownership of land in Scotland and the challenges we face shifting to renewables in Scotland—join us in Leith. \n \nBrett Christophers\, a Professor of Human Geography at Uppsala University and author of several books on economics\, including The Price Is Wrong and Our Lives In Their Portfolios—Why Asset Managers Own The World. \n9.15 pm to 10.15 pm. THE ECONOMICS OF INDEPENDENCE\nWhat different visions do we all have for an independent Scottish economy? \nOur panel discusses their ideas for the economy of an independent Scotland. With\, we hope\, a heavy dose of audience involvement. \n\nResponse to Brett Christophers’ thoughts on infrastructure ownership\, land\, renewable energy in Scotland the UK’s Rentier Capital ‘business model’\nWhere would we be now had we won independence in 2014?\nWhat chance of a Just Transition?\nWhat does Grangemouth tell us about our economic history and our future?\nIs it all about growth?\nWhat formal institutions do we take with us\, and what ones do we leave behind?\nWhat role for fiscal rules in a newly independent Scotland?\nGovernment deficit hawks or doves?\nShould we pay off the UK Treasury’s public debt or leave that to the UK Treasury?\nWill a wellbeing economy be well in sight?\n\nDr. Ewan Gibbs\, Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow; Joyce McMillan\, Theatre Critic and Political and Social Commentator at The Scotsman; and William Thomson\, Economist and Founder of Scotonomics.  \nBOOK NOW \nAttend in person for only £15.
URL:https://scotonomics.org/event/economics-of-the-real-world/
LOCATION:Leith Dockers Club\, 17-17a\, Academy St\, Leith\, Edinburgh\, EH6 7EF\, United Kingdom
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