Another day, and another good modern monetary theory article, this time from Robin McAlpine at Common Weal in Scotland, with whom I work on occasion. As
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MMT and Scotland, again
The National newspaper in Scotland has returned to the subject of modern monetary theory, again. George Kerevan has commented on Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp’s article for the same
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Scotland needs an informed debate on modern monetary theory, and not nonsense based on misrepresentation
Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp is a columnist for The National newspaper in Scotland. I read The National because it is the only reliable pro-independence newspaper in Scotland,
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Scotland really is another country
YouGov published polling on Brexit yesterday. The fieldwork was by constituency and covered more than 20,000 people about a week ago. This was one finding: Interesting.
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For the record, recent Scottish FoI requests from Richard Murphy are not from me
I have seen a question asked on Twitter as to whether I am the author of these Freedom of Information requests: The answer is that
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Scotland wants out of the mess
I think it just worth noting for the sake of readers outside Scotland that the largest ever demonstrations in favour of Scottish independence took place
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London is giving away Scotland’s oil revenues
As the FT has reported this morning: Tom Mitro, who managed Chevron’s taxation and financial planning in the North Sea in the 1990s, said [a
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GERS is not a meaningful account but is just a political stunt. It is time all nationalists treated it as such
I have been a critic of GERS. As a result I have exposed weaknesses in its methodology that I think are significant. Those weaknesses include
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GERS really is CRAP
It was largely by accident that I became a commentator on the Scottish government’s Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) statement about 18 months ago.
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