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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And we are live. Tickets are available at: events.humanitix.com/scotland-s-e... Over twenty brilliant talks and thirty amazing speakers. #Economics #WellbeingEconomics #MMT #HeterodoxEconomics #ScotlandsEconomy @weallscotland.bsky.social @theskotia.bsky.social @globaljusticenow.bsky.social

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Oue co-fouder @williameconomist.bsky.social was quoted in today's @scotnational.bsky.social after Andy Burnham's gave his vision for the UK. "What hope do we have that things will be different this time?" asks Burnham. None is the answer." www.thenational.scot/politics/262...

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The National columnists react to Andy Burnham's pitch to the UK

We asked our contributors to give their verdict on Andy Burnham's vision for the UK.

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William Thomson @williameconomist.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Me in conversation with Richard Murphy. A fascinating interview exploring Richard's economic lens. Available now for FREE from the @scoteconfest.bsky.social YouTube channel. #MMT #ProgressiveEconomics @richardjmurphy.bsky.social youtu.be/peEiERqwTH4

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

#MMT is often seen solely as a description of fiat currency-issuing states with high ‘monetary sovereignty’. But I believe it is so much more. From @williameconomist.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/polici...

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Policies are fundamental to Modern Monetary Theory | Scotland's Political Economy

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

We will explain why we never seem to learn from past lessons. Join us at Scotland's Economics Festival – Bringing Big Economic Ideas to Scotland AND beyond. www.scoteconfest.org/ 19th to 21st March 2026.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

A central theme of many of our sessions will be a modern understanding of money. A few sessions address #MMT (Modern Monetary Theory) directly, and we also offer drop-in, free MMT sessions. www.scoteconfest.org/ 19th to 21st March 2026.

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Ben Wray @benwray1989.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Very impressive Scottish Economics Festival in Edinburgh. I'll be on tomorrow night talking capitalism and war - get tickets @scoteconfest.bsky.social.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 21/03/2026

Most people believe wealth inequality is bad for Scotland and that taxes on the wealthy should be increased. Important research from @weallscotland.bsky.social presented by @lukasbunse.bsky.social at @scoteconfest.bsky.social in Edinburgh yesterday.

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Hasan Patel @hasanpatel.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Catching some sessions ahead of @scoteconfest.bsky.social with @balancedeconomy.bsky.social

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Balanced Economy Project @balancedeconomy.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

“Great discussion with @dannyhinduk.bsky.social at @scoteconfest.bsky.social Festival on how concentrated corporate power drives prices up - and the solutions Scotland can lead on, from public alternatives to smarter procurement. Change is possible.” balancedeconomy.pulse.ly/aui7wchgoq

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Balanced Economy Project at Scotland’s Economic Festival: Why Tackling Monopolies Is Key to a Fairer Scottish Economy — Balanced Economy Project

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The Workers' Observatory @workersobservatory.org · 26/03/2026

💡 Last Saturday, @karengregory.bsky.social and Marion Lieutaud joined Elena Papagiannaki for a stimulating panel at @scoteconfest.bsky.social Thanks to the Scottish Left Review and @caileangallagher.bsky.social for chairing, and congratulations to the Festival for such a successful event!

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Scotland's Economics Festival – Bringing Big Economic Ideas to Scotland. We will show that AUSTERITY is a POLITICAL CHOICE. www.scoteconfest.org/ 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Scotland's Economics Festival explains why we end up with the policies we have. Outr policymakers can't "put out on the troubled seas of thought" www.scoteconfest.org/ 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Scotland's Economics Festival will show why fiscal policy is more effective than interest-rate manipulation. www.scoteconfest.org/ 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Man-made institutions create poverty. For most - because of the rules of the game - it is impossible to escape. This is why inequality is so damaging to every society. Scotland's Economics Festival. www.scoteconfest.org/ 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Supported by a wide range of progressive organisations, the festival is rooted in the belief that the economy should serve people, place, and planet. www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Individual talks from only £5. Online and in-person tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The festival is rooted in the belief that the economy should serve people, place, and planet, and that inequality is a great social harm. www.scoteconfest.org/ Join us in Edinburgh (and online) 19th-21st March 2026.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

William Thomson in conversation with Russell Jones. Discussing the peculiar Japanese economy. Russell's brilliant book is available here:https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781916749399

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Adam Smith, the man, his morals, and some myths. Gordon Povey on stage now at #ScotEconFest. Tickets (including online) for the rest of the festival are still available here: buytickets.at/scotlandsecon...

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Brilliant night at Leith Dockers Club last night. Today we have a full day at Drill Hall in Leith. Tickets still available: buytickets.at/scotlandsecon... Our first session has Professor John Harvey, William Thomson and Emma Holten.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Historical Economic Injustice - why and how the past repeats itself, and how to break the cycle #ScotEconFest A wonderful panel to finish the first night. Sarah Jeffe, Ewan Gibbs, and Neil McInroy tackle one of the festival's key themes: learning from our mistakes.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Professors Harvey and Keen take the stage. Their task? Tackle ten economic myths that derail our prosperity. First up. Neoclassical economics won some kind of “economics” Olympics and has been proven to be the best at describing and predicting the economy! #ScotEconFest

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

During the festival, we will discuss the #MMT-inspired idea that interest rates should be permanently set at zero. Inequality is a significant social harm. www.scoteconfest.org/ Join us in Edinburgh (and online) 19th-21st March 2026.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

William Thomson is getting ready to open our festival with a short introduction. You can preview his intro here: www.patreon.com/posts/my-in... #ScotEconFest Tickets still available for all of our sessions! www.tickettailor.com/events... (WT pic from 2014!)

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

And we are off! William Thomson in conversation with Professor Steve Keen! Is live now. #ScotEconFest The David Graeber Institute Presents: The Housing Crisis: How the Market Broke the Home. Tickets for our other sessions can be purchased here: www.tickettailor.com/events...

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Explaining Austerity. The Festival Curator @williameconomist.bsky.social, has created a diagram that "attempts to explain why austerity is baked into UK politics". That is no mean feat! This is a useful primer as we all consider the mainstream view that regards austerity as an economic necessity.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Individual talks from only £5. Online and in-person tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Wonder why 'heterodox economic ideas' don't get a fair hearing? J.K. Galbraith sets the scene. www.scoteconfest.org/ Join us in Edinburgh (and online) 19th-21st March 2026.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Supported by a wide range of progressive organisations, the festival is rooted in the belief that the economy should serve people, place, and planet. www.scoteconfest.org/ Join us in Edinburgh (and online) 19th-21st March 2026.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The amazing Professor John Harvey from TCU takes the stage at Scotland's Economics Festival. #ScotEconFest Tickets for the rest of the festival are still available here: www.tickettailor.com/events...

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Our final programme for our three-day festival in Edinburgh. Tickets are still available for most of the sessions! www.tickettailor.com/events/scotl...

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Session details. General Admission £8.50. Drill Hall, Leith. www.tickettailor.com/events... Political Economist William Thomson and UCL PhD candidate Patricia Pino explore one of the BIG, most transformative — and practical ideas in economics today: a government Job Guarantee.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The festival is rooted in the belief that the economy should serve people, place, and planet. www.scoteconfest.org/ Join us in Edinburgh (and online) 19th-21st March 2026.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Capitalism for the poor and socialism for the rich? Is this how the modern economy REALLY works? Find out more. www.scoteconfest.org/ Join us in Edinburgh (and online) 19th-21st March 2026.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Individual talks from only £5. Online and in-person tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Only six days until our festival kicks off in Leith! We have already sold out three of the talks! So please, if you are looking to come along, you'd better get your tickets soon! www.tickettailor.com/events/scotl...

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Scotland's Economics Festival – Scotland’s Economics Festival is open to everyone: Students, workers, policy-makers, activists, and anyone trying to make sense...

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Pavlina Tcherneva, President of the Levy Economics Institute, Professor of Economics at Bard College and author of “The Case for a Job Guarantee” and will introduce the Job Guarantee Talk at Scotland’s Economics Festival in Edinburgh on Saturday, 20th March. www.tickettailor.com/events/scotl...

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Buy tickets – MMT The Job Guarantee: Building an Economy That Works for Everyone – The Out of The Blue Drill Hall

MMT The Job Guarantee: Building an Economy That Works for Everyone – The Out of The Blue Drill Hall, Sat 21 Mar 2026 - MMT uk research group presents: The Job Guarantee: Building an Economy That Works...

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Will tweaking around the edges solve our many economic crises? We don't think so, and we agree with Tim Jackson. Do you? Come and engage in the conversation. www.scoteconfest.org/ Join us in Edinburgh (and online) 19th-21st March 2026.

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Individual talks from only £5. Online and in-person tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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Scotland's Economics Festival @scoteconfest.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Bringing BIG economic ideas to Scotland - Edinburgh, 19th to 21st March 2026. Tickets are available now. Book here: www.scoteconfest.org/

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