Independence and the Transition to a Net Zero Economy Summary A recent paper from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) points to an improvement in Scotland’s fiscal balance over the next […] January 3, 2023January 3, 2023Agency, Economics, Fiscal Deficit, Tax GapBy Bottom Line
Graeme Blackett on Radio Scotland 2 December 2022 Listen to Graeme Blackett of @BottomLineScot discussing the latest projections from the Institute of Fiscal Studies and what they mean for Scottish […] December 2, 2022December 2, 2022EconomicsBy Bottom Line
The Costs of Dependency: the Tax Gap Summary One of the costs of dependency is that Scotland is part of a UK economy that has been underperforming. This has […] November 23, 2022November 16, 2022Agency, Economics, GDP Gap, GDP Growth, GDP per Capita, Growth, Independence, Small Advanced Economies, Tax Gap, UKBy Bottom Line
How Scotland Could Be One of the Happiest Countries in the World Summary One of the most important indicators of a thriving economy and healthy society is that the people living in the country […] November 9, 2022November 6, 2022Agency, Corruption, Economics, Happiness, Independence, Life Satisfaction, WellbeingBy Bottom Line
Agency and Independence Needed to Escape the UK’s Economic Crisis The current UK political and economic crisis is not delivering what the Scottish economy needs. This is not a recent phenomenon, but […] October 26, 2022October 23, 2022Agency, Economics, Growth, Helplessness, Independence, UKBy Bottom Line
A Case of Agency: Water The Success of the Water Industry in Scotland, 2002-2022 By Professor David Simpson Introduction The common theme of the papers published by […] September 28, 2022September 28, 2022Agency, Economics, Independence, Regulation, WaterBy Bottom Line
Corruption: the Price of Dependency “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create […] September 7, 2022August 28, 2022Agency, Corruption, Dependency, Helplessness, Trust, UKBy Bottom Line
UK’s Failure to Recover from the Financial Crisis The UK has been one of the poorest performing economies since the financial crisis. The economic shock of the financial crisis was […] August 24, 2022August 15, 2022Economics, GDP per Capita, Growth, Small Advanced Economies, UKBy Bottom Line
Economic Growth Long Term Performance of UK Economy and Small Countries This paper is one of a series that compares the performance of the […] August 17, 2022August 16, 2022Economics, GDP Growth, GDP per Capita, Growth, Small Advanced Economies, UKBy Bottom Line
Agency and Helplessness and Scotland’s Future Global Challenges, Rapid Change and Radical Uncertainty We live in an age of huge global challenges, rapid change and radical uncertainty. In […] August 3, 2022October 4, 2022Agency, Dependency, Economics, Helplessness, IndependenceBy Bottom Line