This was extracted from the near two hour hearing in the Scottish Parliament I attended this morning. I am pleased the members and Chair allowed
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Why don’t tax professionals realise tax is a macroeconomic issue?
I suspect few will be interested in proceedings in a committee room of the Scottish Parliament this morning, but I have come a long way
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That GERS debate from BBC Scotland this week
Scotland deserves better data
I have an article in the Scottish newspaper The Natiinal this morning, reflecting on the debate I took part in on BBC Radio Scotland yesterday.
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Debating Scottish economic data on BBC Scotland at 12.30 today
Less than a month ago I rather innocently, but I think entirely appropriately, wrote a blog about the lack of suitable data available to the
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The economics of Scottish taxation
I have already written about what I think the foundations of Scottish taxation should be. This thinking is based on a report I have submitted
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The Foundations of Scottish Taxation
I have been asked to give evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Constitution Committee on the subject of the Foundations of Scottish Taxation and
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Scotland really does need its own VAT and tax data if GERS is to be meaningful
The FT featured an article on Thursday that I thought relevant to my recent debate on the quality of Scottish economic data. The Telegraph then
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The economy isn’t Scotland’s problem – it’s everyone but London’s problem
Robin McAlpine, who directs an organisation called Common Weal in Scotland, wrote a great blog for them yesterday under the above title. What he quite effectively
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