Can Scotland afford to be independent?
Thursday, August 19th, 2021Having taken part in discussion on Scotonomics last night on yesterday’s GERS release it is clear that there are still big questions in people’s minds
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Why GERS is wrong - yet again
Wednesday, August 18th, 2021The Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement for 2021 is out. I suspect that it is no surprise to anyone that the tale is of
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Why is GERS completely rubbish accounting?
Wednesday, August 18th, 2021In anticipation of GERS* day: * Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS)
GERS day is coming
Thursday, August 5th, 2021My column in The National today: 'What I can say with certainty is that GERS is no more useful now than it was when I
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How much debt would Scotland owe the rest of the UK if it were to be independent?
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021Summary This is a long post that was first published in July 2020 and which addresses one of the most sensitive issues in the Scottish
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The argument on GERS has been won: Scotland knows it is crap
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021I was amused to see an article in The Spectator by Kevin Hague, with whom I have crossed swords many a time on the subject
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The FT’s analysis of the economics of an independent Scotland is a catalogue of errors and false assumptions
Saturday, April 3rd, 2021The FT has published the first part of what it says will be a series on the risk of the UK breaking up. The article
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The LSE report on the increased costs in trade for an independent Scotland is based on unsubstantiated data and absurd assumptions
Thursday, February 4th, 2021I have tried hard to take seriously the new report from the LSE on the costs of Scottish independence, as measured through the supposed impediments
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Scottish Labour’s contempt for Scotland
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020I was invited to sit in on a meeting of the Young Fabians in Scotland last night, where they were discussing whether Scotland could afford
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