The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) lost £138 million last year. It was its fifth consecutive year of losses. Banks aren’t supposed

Knowing that the UK government is not constrained in the way most people think is not the pivot for a new economy or society. No one could b

Apocalypse is in the air. And the far right knows it. Since the pandemic, it has successfully cultivated crises, conspiracy theories, and coalitions to fight a green energy transition. Mobilising onli...

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Here is this month's Scotland's Resilient Economy newsletter, we hope you will enjoy. This week the newsletter comes from William Thomson

REPORTS Policy, Place, People, and Planet Contact Us REPORTS: from Runaway to Resilience Our reports provide a foundation for a resilient economy and support policymakers and the public in building pr...

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Where did it all go wrong? Kate argues that it was privatisation that did it. We all agree that the UK is in a mess. High and rising income

The Scottish government's Wholesale Bond Programme will ensure £170 million leaks out of the Scottish economy over the next decade. An alter

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Extreme weather is already shaping financial outcomes across the real economy.

Debate Night shows just how underwhelming and uninspiring Scotland’s political leaders are when it comes to discussing true alternatives to the…

This paper discusses the decision to fund infrastructure investment through international capital markets rather than retail bonds.

Scottish Government Bonds and Investing in Ourselves Working Paper William Thomson (Scotonomics) and Jim Osborne (Scottish Currency Group). Download the full report On November 13th, 2025, the Scottish Government published its plans for a Bonds Programme as an alternative to borrowing from the UK Treasury National Loan Fund (NLF) to fund capital investment. Between 2026 and 2030, the Scottish Government plans to raise £1.5 billion in international capital markets through a wholesale bond issuance.  

By issuing wholesale rather than retail bonds, the Scottish Government has decided to strip around £175 million from the Scottish economy ...

Making Birmingham’s economy work for everyone. We’re working, imagining, strategising, and taking action together.

Leading academics and economists call for the people of Scotland to have more of a say in the decisions that impact their lives

A government job guarantee can deliver full employment in the twenty-first-century, writes William Thomson.

Many economists, even within the mainstream, are questioning the role of neoclassical/neoliberal economics in today’s many crises