Laurie Macfarlane
@L__Macfarlane
Co-director @FutureEconScot. Fellow @IIPP_UCL and @DemocracyCollab. Co-author Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing
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Average earnings in Scotland haven’t recovered since the financial crisis.
One of many sobering insights in Laurie Macfarlane’s excellent blog post.
Whoever takes over as Scotland’s first minister faces a sea of troubles but behind most of these lies a single fundamental problem — the economy isn’t working.
Excellent piece by Laurie Macfarlane Future Economy Scotland
futureeconomy.scot/posts/51-scotl…
Central bank digital currency has one benefit that is rarely discussed: it could increase the seigniorage profits flowing to the public purse rather than to commercial banks. First made this point in 2017 whilst at NEF - great to see Positive Money Simon Youel revisiting it.
“Whoever becomes Scotland’s new first minister will face no shortage of challenges. Lurking behind many of them lies a common cause: an economy that is not working.”
Read the new blog by Laurie Macfarlane.
Scotland’s economy faces a profound series of challenges. To address them, the next first minister must move beyond old orthodoxies
Read our new blog from Laurie Macfarlane futureeconomy.scot/posts/51-scotl…