This time it has to be different: The policy response to the New Normal economy revisited
Paper by Professor Ronald MacDonald in which he analyses two key economic issues of the COVID-19 pandemic: addressing mass unemployment and reforming banking.
The Scottish Government’s Tech Review is an important first step – but more is needed to create world scale companies
Does the Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review published by the Scottish Government fall short in understanding the total ecosystem that drives scale-up?
COVID-19 and Mental Health Deterioration among BAME Groups in the UK
BAME men experienced a much greater deterioration in their mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown than their white British counterparts, but ethnicity had no impact on women’s declining mental health, a new study suggests.
Sustainable debt restructuring: UNESCO’s Inclusive Policy Lab
A new report on sustainable debt restructuring with investment and non-elite participation from UNESCO’s Inclusive Policy Lab.
Why can’t the UK grow more world-scale businesses?
If the benefits of innovation are to bring greater employment, wealth and wellbeing, R&D innovation has to join up with understanding of what is preventing scaleup within the UK.
The Post Pandemic New Normal: The likely Socio-Economic Implications and Policy Choices facing Scotland and the UK
What kind of opportunities, radical reforms and potential policy actions can governments take to create a new form of social contract in the post-pandemic world?
Wellbeing during a pandemic: Prof. Eugenio Proto and the World Wellbeing Panel
The work of a panel to help individuals and governments work together to understand how to cope with these changes under COVID-19 and lead to better wellbeing policy.
Why the Single Supervisory Mechanism is European economic integration’s biggest step since the creation of the euro
The Single Supervisory Mechanism represents a major breakthrough, like the euro in 1999. This is a major change in European economic integration is likely to bring many unforeseen evolutions.
An enquiry about an alternative sustainable economic policy
Call for papers for a conference focused on a different direction for economic policy to achieve the objectives of a sustainable and equitable Scotland.