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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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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I gather my friends at Common Weal are launching their campaign for an independent Scotland to have its own currency today. This was a contribution
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I have very little confidence that the Cabinet will resolve its Brexit differences tomorrow. I, candidly, have very little confidence that it ever will. And, as
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This article by me was published in The National in Scotland, yesterday: I FOUND Ivan McKee’s article (The people of an independent Scotland make the decision on
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David Howdle posted a comment on this blog in which he said: Professor Murphy, thank you for your thoughts which I find most interesting. I
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With apologies to my non-Scottish readers, what is happening there continues to be of economic and political interest when the rUK only has Brexit and
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The Times has (gleefully) reported this morning that: An independent Scotland would have to move quickly to cut its deficit and face a choice between
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Bill Mitchell has published a two part analysis of the Scottish Growth Commission report. I strongly recommend reading both. There is not a Rizzla paper
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