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Category: Economics

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

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

Introduction to The Bottom Line

The Bottom Line aims to invigorate the debate on the economics of Scottish independence. The number of independent countries in the world […]

August 2, 2022October 4, 2022Agency, Economics, Helplessness, IndependenceBy Bottom Line

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