Articles, Posts and Podcasts.
September 2021
The UK Government‘s Green Savings Bond
The Green Savings Bond. There are a whole host of ways that a government can take to encourage a shift to a greener economy. The Green Savings Bond, the latest idea from the Westminster Government, [...]
SCOTONOMICS Ep Six. Food Sovereignty
William Thomson and Kairin van Sweeden talk to Mike Small, Editor of Bella Caledonia and Author of "Scotland's Local Food Revolution" about Scotland's food security and food sovereignty. 00:12 Scotland has such huge food resources [...]
SNP conference – Nicola Sturgeon Speech
Nicola Sturgeon's speech from the SNPs virtual conference Sept 2021
Alba inaugural conference – Alex Salmond‘s speech
The weekend of 11th Sept saw two party conferences. Here is the closing speech from Alex Salmond at the Alba conference held at Greenock Town Hall.
August 2021
Commonweal policy podcast #97 – Thinking outwith the box
In the week collectively known across Scotland as "GERSmas", when the estimated accounts of Scotland as an administrative region of the UK are published, Dr Craig Dalzell urges us to think outwith the box. This [...]
Scotonomics – GERS special
Continuing the theme of measuring Scotlands economy, a special episode from the Scotonomics team with special guest political economist, chartered accountant and academic Richard Murphy, taking questions from Kairin van Sweeden and the Independence Live [...]