Scotonomics

Waste – especially government waste – is a watchword of the right. If only we could reduce or remove government waste, everything would be great. It's one of those statements the right uses to such good effect ...

Last Wednesday, just as Rachel Reeves commended "her Budget to the house," Scotland's greatest living economist, Sheila Dow, stood up to present at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. The contrast could not have been more profound.

 A DECADE after the independence referendum, parts of the independence movement and a huge chunk of Scots are still unaware of the depths and details of issuing your own currency ...

Unfortunately, we think too narrowly about austerity policies ...

ECONOMISTS from across the globe attended a conference at Leeds University this week – with many having something to add to the debate on Scotland's economic potential.