@ScotEconFest

Bringing big economic ideas to Scotland. A unique, public-facing celebration of economic thinking – designed to challenge, inform, and inspire.

 Edinburgh, Scotland
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Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland. Edinburgh, March 19-21, 2027. Thanks to @WEAll_Alliance, @GlobalJusticeUK, @TheSkotia, and @DemocracyCollab for their support. Tickets available now! scoteconfest.org/
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Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland. Edinburgh. 19-21st March 2027. Tickets available now. Individual Talks from £8. Full festival from £165. scoteconfest.org
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Daniela Gabor@DanielaGabor5h
this message is essentially correct, however much you dislike the messenger. The Bank of England has enormous gilt powers, it deployed them to pressure Truss into fiscal orthodoxy, and it did a U-turn last month that helped the Burnham government mainstreamlabour.org/publica…
Liz Truss
@trussliz8h
The Bank of England bailed out Burnham and sabotaged me. Read all about it in Bank Job.
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Ewan Gibbs@ewangibbs20h
The An Injury to All Glasgow book launch is this Thursday! I’m having a Glasgow book launch for my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, on Thursday 29 October. All welcome! Sign up 🔽 eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-injury…

An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class

Join us on Thursday 29 October for this event which is part of the University of Glasgow's Festival for Social Sciences offering.

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Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland. Edinburgh. 19-21st March 2027. Tickets available now. Individual Talks from £8. Full festival from £165. scoteconfest.org
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BELLA CALEDONIA@bellacaledoniaOct 25
Remarkable synergy between the political class and the media class. Joined at the hip in climate disinformation.
Douglas Alexander@D_G_AlexanderOct 24
Here in Scotland the Jackdaw decision has been widely welcomed as good for our economy, good for our energy security, & compatible with our climate goals.
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BELLA CALEDONIA@bellacaledoniaOct 21
So to be clear. Unlike in 2014, when it temporarily ran out, Scotland does have vast reserves of oil and gas. The hypocrisy is staggering. The stupidity is terrifying. The talk of 'pragmatism' in a climate catastrophe is astonishing.
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Isabella M Weber
@IsabellaMWeberOct 16
We need an ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS which puts a floor under people's livelihoods and a ceiling on the extreme concentration of power and wealth. 🔗 Today I am launching my new YouTube channel: youtu.be/Wj_GdHSo7PU
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Membership of the EU for an independent Scotland is incompatible with a wellbeing economy, argue @Williamgallus and @DEhnts, owing to the EU's fiscal rules. patreon.com/file?h=154082757…
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MMTUK Policy Research Group
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The Bank of England cannot solve supply-side inflation by raising rates. Our analysis of the May 2026 decision shows monetary tightening is blocking fiscal tools that actually work. #MMT #economics #UKEconomy mmtuk.org/research/the-wrong…

The Wrong Tool for the Job

MMTUK analysis of the Bank of England's May 2026 rate decision, arguing monetary policy cannot address supply-side inflation and is obstructing the fiscal resp…

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William Thomson@WilliamgallusOct 1
“The work that women do is perceived as a luxury" Emma Holten on #FeministEconomics from this year's @ScotEconFest in Edinburgh. youtu.be/aGqUAvroM98
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Rethinking Economics
@rethinkeconOct 2
Joan Robinson knew that economics isn't a neutral science—it’s all about power. We don't need more unthinking economists parroting econ class teachings. We need rethinkers ready to push for an economy that serves people and planet. If you agree, join the movement. ✊
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“The work that women do is perceived as a luxury" @emma_holten on #FeministEconomics at our festival in Edinburgh earlier this year. youtube.com/watch?v=aGqUAvro…

“The work that women do is perceived as a luxury" Emma Holten on Feminist Economics

What does feminist economics tell us about how we value work, care,...

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William Thomson@WilliamgallusSep 29
"Where all government money comes from. We instruct the BoE to create the currency to command resources, and if they are available, we buy them. The problem is real resources. We need to find them. But we don't need to find the money to buy those." Next question.
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforthSep 27
Andy Burnham is asked, where will the money come from (for social care)? #bbclaurak
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William Thomson@WilliamgallusSep 22
Raising interest rates will not reduce inflation. So why does it seem impossible to challenge this long-established response to rising prices? Legitimate concerns exist about central banks' current response. Thread. 1/8
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Nice! We would add that most introductions to heterodox schools take you usefully beyond mainstream economics.
Dirk Ehnts
@DEhntsSep 12
It takes one #MMT book to get beyond the frontier of economoc research. Way beyond. 🤯
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Given the rise of the far right across Western democracies we have proof that the notion of "sound government finances" (austerity and unemployment) is incompatible with both democracy and wellbeing.
George Cooper@xGeorgeCooperSep 10
Between this and the British triple lock etc. are we basically proving democracy is incompatible with sound government finance?
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Mark Hooper AS/MS@markjhooperAug 8
Come work with Sarah Rees MS and me. Closing date 20th August 2026. senedd.wales/job-opportuniti…
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Malcolm Reavell@malcolm_reavellAug 7
Excellent! Now is the time to have this conversation. The insights of MMT can help break the doom loop of “taxpayer money” that has every country paralysed in a neoliberal nightmare of extreme inequality, wars, climate catastrophe, and environmental collapse.
Joe Weisenthal
@TheStalwartAug 6
IT'S TIME TO START TALKING ABOUT MMT AGAIN In the newsletter, I wrote about how in our time of persistently high inflation, a high cost of living, and ongoing strain on industrial capacity, MMT wisdom (once again!) shines a light towards a policy path that may be helpful.
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Isabella M Weber
@IsabellaMWeberAug 4
The end of the end of history. The Economist now sees Leninism as the reason for China’s competitiveness. Wasn’t a whole-of-state approach supposed to be doomed? China’s escape from shock therapy was the first existential blow to neoliberalism. This is the nail in its coffin.
Finbarr Bermingham@fberminghamAug 3
"MOFCOM is correct, China is competitive. But what foreign firms compete against isn't just supple, hard-driving Chinese firms but a whole-of-state approach to industry. Foreign firms stand little chance against a Leninist developmental state of China’s size, wealth & modernity"
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