Thoughts on the Programme for Government – Glasgow City-region implications
Dr David Waite analyses the implications of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government, published 1 September 2020.
Economic analyses and critiques, including a focus on sustainability, inclusive growth and the community economy.
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.
Extending Economic Cases for Housing Policies: Rents, Ownership and Assets
Research that reviews what the likely effects of sustained high and increasing rents in Australia will be on an economy, and stresses potential productivity effects.
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?
Inclusive growth under a COVID-19 recovery
The case for a policy reset oriented around inclusive growth is compelling and provides the basis for “building back better”.
Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in the South of Scotland: Emerging evidence and future prospects
Evidence for how the pandemic has affected the South of Scotland and for the region’s economic prospects as the country emerges from the initial response phase into the potential recovery phase.
The community economy in Scotland and participatory research for building back better and fairer?
Why we need a developing participatory research agenda for the community economy and societal resilience given ongoing and emerging social and ecological crises – inequalities, climate change, democratic deficits and pandemic(s).
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.