TOMORROW, from 6pm to 7.30pm, Yes Pentlands will be hosting an online event with leading activist Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp, who will be presenting ideas about building a wellbeing economy in Scotland.
Well known to National readers, MacIntyre-Kemp is the founder and chief executive of Business for Scotland. He recently set up believeinscotland.org, the grassroots-led campaign for independence, and also hosted an online campaign planning conference, which was attended by 197 leaders and committee members of 130 local Yes groups.
Believe in Scotland also has a Facebook group that has attracted 10,600 members in less than 12 weeks: facebook.com/groups/believeinscotland.org.
Supporters of wellbeing believe humanity should determine economics, not the other way around.
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Yes Pentlands told us: “Gordon will present the case for ‘pivoting our economic model to supporting wellbeing and winning independence’. His message is that both capitalism and socialism are last century’s economic ideas and it’s time to move on to new and better thinking.
“There will be plenty of time for questions.”
The event is free but anyone wishing to participate must register in advance at Eventbrite as this online event will be live-streamed via Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to everyone who has registered shortly before the event.
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