I’ve spent a fair bit of time over the years trying to persuade journos to cover research, but the Holy Grail is when a newspaper thinks your report is such a big deal they just publish it directly.

What can the NHS learn from the US about strong clinical leadership and management? Informed by interviews with clinician leaders in the NHS and the US, our research explores gains, challenges and solutions to strengthening clinical leadership ⬇️ health.org.uk/publications/l…

My take on the latest Scottish population numbers

Time to step back. National Institute of Economic and Social Research The Productivity Institute Economic and Social Research Council Nuffield Foundation Economics Observatory UK2070 Commission Office for Budget Responsibility HM Treasury Bank of England Research CamEcon Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia The British Academy Romesh Vaitilingam Anton Muscatelli Money Macro and Finance Society Cambridge University Press - Academic Centre For Macroeconomics The Leverhulme Trust Royal Economic Society CEPR Centre for Economic Performance

There is a lot of nonsense being said about gilts yields reacting to the debate on changing the fiscal rules. This nice chart from Deutsche Bank shows that the communications from Rachel Reeves and HM Treasury have NOT impacted on market trends.

📰 We can’t have any more budgets where speculation is running wild. Rachel Reeves needs to deliver a clear statement of intent for the remainder of this government’s time in office. Paul Johnson in The Times and The Sunday Times today ⬇️ thetimes.com/business-money…

🗞️🗞️“If recent cohorts don’t recuperate their #fertility later on in life, then the average completed family size of those born in the 1980s and 1990s will be considerably smaller than it has been for earlier generations," says Ann Berrington in The Times and The Sunday Times thetimes.com/uk/society/art…

🚨The UK Budget has significantly improved the short-term funding position for Scottish Government but much tougher times loom down the line. Read my and Bee Boileau’s new @theIFS pre-Scottish Budget comment on the financial situation facing Shona Robison MSP. A 🧵 ifs.org.uk/articles/uk-bu…

Scotland's public services face deep-rooted pressures. A new report, published in partnership with Audit Scotland, seeks to move beyond diagnosing the well-established challenges to providing realistic, impactful solutions that can benefit all citizens. rse.org.uk/can-scotlands-…

Looking at OECD investment growth rate forecasts for 2025. This is extremely depressing. Hopefully wrong.

When China starts throw rocks back, all these economies will realize the asymmetry of supply chain vulnerability

The new interactive maps of Scotland's census data were released this week. They are fascinating! I have already spent hours exploring them, and there is so much more to look at!

Well done Caroline Great piece of work.

Great appointment!

One of the most dreadful charts you’ll see. “Deaths of despair” among people of working age have risen by a quarter since before the pandemic.

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Key point in Dan’s brilliant take down of fantasies of left on tax. Equivalent fantasy on right is huge painless spending cuts. We can have bigger state and more tax on average earners. We can have smaller state and real cuts in public services/benefits. Thats it. The choice

Important interventions here from experts such as David N.F. Bell and Lucy Hunter Blackburn as well as from UCU Scotland 👇 timeshighereducation.com/news/dundee-ba… via Times Higher Education

Day 2 of the Summer meeting of the Dornoch Bureau of Economic Research has wrapped up, with today’s sessions held at Durness Golf Club. Yes, the DBER has field trips, along with great swag and fine dining. Professor David Bell once again in fine form.

Dornoch Bureau of Economic Research rolls!!