Scotonomics

10/09/2025

talking points are all the rage! Let's hope this all catches on in Holyrood! - https://mailchi.mp/scotonomics.scot/a-few-made-weeks-or-13051467 This week's newsletter

05/09/2025

Warren Mosler uses the MMT lens to explain how both Scotland and Wales can enact progressive policies once they are separate from the rest of the United Kingdom In late August 2025, Warren Mosler, the founder of Modern Monetary Theory, delivered a landmark presentation in Cardiff. It was the first time he considered how his insights could be used to support the successful economic independence of both Wales and Scotland....

Warren Mosler uses the MMT lens to explain how both Scotland and Wales can enact progressive policies once they are separate from the rest of the United Kingdom In late August 2025, Warren Mosler, the founder of Modern Monetary Theory, delivered a landmark presentation in Cardiff. It was the first t...

03/09/2025

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The Workers’ Observatory was built to watch (Edinburgh) the city together, to collectively challenge conditions in self-employed and gig work, and to take co...

03/09/2025

Here's an interesting thought exercise. What would happen to the demand for 30 year Gilts if the Treasury announced it was no longer issuing them?

03/09/2025

Has Holyrood become deaf to progressive ideas? - https://mailchi.mp/scotonomics.scot/a-few-made-weeks-or-13051346

03/09/2025

"A private sector surplus of circa 10% of GDP would be essential to reconstruct a normal European level of public services. A sustained double-figure government deficit would be manageable for a nation with high monetary sovereignty that followed policies to increase its economic resilience and would not present an inflationary risk or downward pressure on a new currency. In fact, this level of private sector surplus would be essential for Scotland to chart a different economic path from the United Kingdom." Dr Dirk Ehnts and William Thomson: The Economic Impact of Adopting the European Union’s Stability and Growth Pact in an Independent Scotland. Join us on the 17th September to discuss the impact of the Scottish Government's decision to adopt the SGP.

02/09/2025

Summary of Warren's worldview as it would apply to Scotland and Wales. Available to all paid tiers on our Patreon site.

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01/09/2025

A wee trip to Wales with MMT founder Warren Mosler. Plans being laid for 2026 to support the new Welsh Senedd Cymru members to understand the power of the lens https://mailchi.mp/scotonomics.scot/a-few-made-weeks-or-13051310

30/08/2025

Willie Thomson and founder of Warren Mosler in Cardiff. Presenting to a small group of politicians and activists in Wales. Audience included one former leader of major party in Wales and 3 x people very likely to be elected to Welsh assembly in 2026. Who knew Wales was a hot bed of MMT? Well.....it is now.

27/08/2025

We are very much looking forward to the live conversation tonight with at 8 pm, as we explore the world of work and the lives of workers in Scotland. Join us live to ask questions and hear from the Workers Observatory about the gig economy and William Thomson about the Job Guarantee.

The Workers’ Observatory was built to watch (Edinburgh) the city together, to collectively challenge conditions in self-employed and gig work, and to take co...