My evidence to the Scottish Parliament on GERS
Thursday, August 24th, 2017This is my evidence in the quality of GERS – Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland – presented to the Finance Committee of the Scottish Parliament
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GERS 2017: why it remains irrelevant to Scottish decision making
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017I have been asked for my comments on GERS 2017 – the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement, of which the latest version was published
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Scotland is the only part of the UK running a consistent trade surplus
Saturday, August 12th, 2017As some readers of the blog will know I have been taking an interest in the data underpinning Scottish economic reporting this year. As a
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That GERS debate from BBC Scotland this week
Saturday, April 15th, 2017The GERS debate, posted largely for the record:
Debating Scottish economic data on BBC Scotland at 12.30 today
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017Less 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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Scotland really does need its own VAT and tax data if GERS is to be meaningful
Friday, April 7th, 2017The 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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GERS might comply with the rules but so what when the rules are biased?
Wednesday, March 29th, 2017My attention was drawn yesterday to a blog by Graeme Roy of the Fraser of Allander Institute, which claims to be ‘Scotland’s leading independent economic
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Why aren't most academics in the debate on issues of public importance?
Thursday, March 23rd, 2017I seem to be popular with the media this morning. The Scottish Daily Record features an article by columnist Joan McAlpine MSP that says: Next
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The good and the (really quite) bad of Gordon Brown on Scotland
Saturday, March 18th, 2017I apologise to all those who think I have suddenly become obsessed with Scotland, but there is another story on the political economy of that
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