I did this podcast-style interview for The National in Scotland last Friday, talking about the economics of benefits and the tax gap, in particular: I
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I am a bit of a fan of Scotonomics. This event looks worth attending if you are in Glasgow next Friday. Book here.

Having already mentioned this morning that I have returned to Twitter, or X, I could not resist the odd little stir. I posted this yesterday:
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As I say in The National this morning: LIKE others whose comments were reported in The National, who are also keen to see Scotland as
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Pete Hesgeth, who quite bizarrely is US Defence Secretary, said yesterday that troops sent to Los Angeles were expected to stay for at least 60
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This is from my National column this morning: I strongly suspect no-one writes for The National with the aim of getting rich. This is not
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I got this note through yesterday from William Thomson, who co-runs something called Scotonomics, for whom I have recorded on a number of occasions, because
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As I say in my National column this morning: SCOTLAND needs to welcome migrants with open arms. Unless it does so, the economic future of
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This image is in The National, this morning: Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.