This is a very interesting stat!

Microeconomics - narrowly conceived. Why doesn't @IFS hire a macroeconomist - someone who is not an accountant?

'Most coverage of public finance moralizes about the massive debts being left for future generations (such rhetoric almost never speaks of the environmental destruction that future generations will inherit)' The first is not true, the second is. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

Podcast time!

Why Capitalism Will Not Save the Planet

....with the brilliant Brett Christophers

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The simple fact is that when the UK economy as a whole grows, so does the Scottish economy. When the UK economy contracts, Scotland’s economy does, too.
#scotland #economics #growth

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Our co-director Laurie Macfarlane joined the Holyrood Sources podcast to discuss progressive taxation and the challenges facing Scotland’s economy 🎧

Let’s use this election to send a message to our political class: no more austerity, no more war, no more organized cruelty ✊

Final round of the Community Ownership Fund (COF) opens 30th May until 26th June to help communities take ownership of assets at risk of closure.

Expected to be highly competitive, so use the support available. For more info and how to apply -
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Massive blindspot on climate change risks.

The collective Global North *still* has trouble getting its head round the idea that basic stuff like eg the weather, insurance, growing food etc etc isn’t going to work in the same way any more.

The great Ann Pettifor joins us this week on Real-Time with Steve Keen & Friends.

Ann is a political economist and has authored many books including her latest, The Case for a Green New Deal.

This is so bloody important 👇🏻

'The Scottish Government can't grow the economy within this Westminster system' Our latest newsletter / article in The National thenational.scot/news/24336512.…

Duncan Hothersall As a devolved Gov you are deciding how to divide a fixed amount. That is not the decision a currency issuer has to make, they can run the deficit the non Government sector decides it needs.

'A tree is only included in GDP when you cut it down' Steven Hail as he discusses how inappropriate it is as a measure of wellbeing.

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In this week's newsletter for The National, I highlight a very uncomfortable fact: Scotland can only grow when the UK economy grows. The correlation is approximately 0.969, which indicates a very high positive correlation. The eye doesn’t deceive the reader.

Don't miss Steven Hail's talk tonight!

Between 2000 and 2023, the Australian economy nearly doubled in size. But have we made any real progress towards sustainable prosperity? What does the data tell us, and what would it look like?

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SCOTONOMICS LIVE SPECIAL - Scotland's Economic Landscape x.com/i/broadcasts/1…