Cameron Archibald

Modern Money Scotland

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UK Labour leader Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves at the party's conference

COMMENT Why Labour's self-defeating economic plans are doomed to fail

THE greater the challenge, the bigger the response should be. Yet recent policy announcements from Labour send a very different message ...

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Could basic income and job guarantee be recipe for prosperity after independence?

COMMENT Could these two ideas spell economic prosperity for an independent Scotland?

NOW more than ever the people of Scotland find themselves failed by a UK economic system that they never voted for ...

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Could an independent Scotland's economy do better with new ideas? Modern Money Scotland's Cameron Archibald argues that it can

COMMENT Could these two ideas spell economic prosperity for an independent Scotland?
NOW more than ever the people of Scotland find themselves failed by a UK economic system that they never voted for ...

Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have seen the UK economy enter a crisis thanks to their 'mini-Budget'

COMMENT Would an independent Scotland be facing a 'Trussonomics' crisis?

IT’S hard to know where to start with the crisis created by the current UK Government ...

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The views of the world's top economists on Scottish independence are 'diverse and interesting', Cameron Archibald writes

INDEPENDENCE ECONOMICS What the world’s top economists say about independence, without the Unionist spin

FOR a good faith discussion on independence and economics, it is important that we accurately represent our opponents views ...

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Believe in Scotland's Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp holds up a copy of Scotland the Brief

comment Why an independent Scotland might not want to boost its exports

IF there was one country that was ever ready and spoiled to become independent, it would be Scotland ...

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It has been claimed that an independent Scotland would need to peg its currency to the UK pound

Comment Debunking the most bizarre myth about Scotland's currency after independence

THERE are many ridiculous scare stories that have spread about an independent Scotland’s economy, from hyperinflation to the classic “how will you pay for it?” type questions. Yet there is a particular claim from critics of Scottish independence that is so bizarre and beyond reasonable thinking that it’s almost shocking that it’s even printed in the mainstream media.

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The UK's inflation rate hit 7% in March 2022. Photo: PA

comment Ignore the Unionists, an independent Scotland won't have inflation ‘like Zimbabwe’

IT is hard to imagine any serious individual claim that an independent Scotland would face hyperinflation, despite what the former chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne said back in 2014.

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Scotland's deficit, the GERS debate, and why we're getting it all wrong

Comment Scotland's deficit, the GERS debate, and why we're getting it all wrong
ONE of the major faults of macroeconomic discussion around GERS is the narrow focus on just one part of the economy. Political and economic commentators often ignore, intentionally or mistakenly, two other vital sectors...