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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An independent Scotland will need its own currency
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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Where should the UK’s internal land border be? Is it Carlisle and Berwick?
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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Sterlingisation is how to destroy hope for an independent Scotland
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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MMT: economics for an economy focussed on meeting the needs of most people
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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