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What role should private finance have in public goods and natural resources? Not everything has to be viewed as a market. And not all markets must be unconstrained. Great discussion here.

**Launched today** 📆 Scotland's Economics Festival 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Leith, 19 - 21st Mar 2026 Talks from £5 🎙️ PLUS loads of free activities ☕️📚🍺 In a time of economic uncertainty & growing inequality, we offer a space to ask BIG questions & hear BIG ideas. scoteconfest.org 1/2

We could easily house, feed & care for everyone We could build devices designed to last as long as possible aligning our manufacturing around the needs of the people & planet We've materially the resources to do so. We're just now using them mostly to pamper the rich. This's why Leftists are angry

Good write up in @scotnational.bsky.social for the launch of our festival. www.thenational.scot/news/2566124...

Why is so much of the left economically incompetent? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...

Our webinar is TOMORROW & there are only a few tickets remaining! Join our Co-Director @lmacfarlane.bsky.social and Senior Economist @hannawheatley.bsky.social for a discussion on whether private finance can fix the nature crisis. 🗓️25 Nov 12:30-1:30pm 👇Book now: www.eventbrite.com/e/can-privat...

Bookings OPEN NOW! www.tickettailor.com/events/scotl...

Richard Murphy: What Scotland needs from the Budget (but won’t get) www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

Join us for a discussion between climate theorists Andreas Malm and Wim Carton, and acclaimed sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson on the new front lines in the struggle for a liveable planet. www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...

New episode this week! I sat down a little while back with the very brilliant @amirleb.bsky.social to talk about development economics, tariffs, biomimicry and what the world could learn from China. @the-breakdown.bsky.social www.break-down.org/survival-of-...

Great new book from our Festival Partner @versobooks.bsky.social Check it out! #VivaLaRevolution!

Let’s be clear: Scotland is not on track for a just transition. For every 3 oil & gas jobs lost, only 2 green jobs have appeared - People are being left behind. But it doesn’t have to be this way. With proper planning and investment, Scotland could create 40,000 more energy jobs than we’ll lose.

To change everything, you have to change everything. This report hints at the need for a different economic framework in Scotland. Great work!

Richard Murphy: Could a crash as bad as 2008 hit us? The answer is yes www.thenational.scot/comment/2559...

Join us on Wed 19 Nov for an online screening of Purpose - a Wellbeing Economies Film. Followed by a discussion exploring how we can change the rules of our economy so it delivers good lives on a healthy planet. Book your space: www.tickettailor.com/events/wellb...

Yesterday, Institute President Pavlina Tcherneva (@ptcherneva.bsky.social) delivered the keynote at the CIRIEC International & Bordeaux GSEF 2025 conferences—highlighting global successes of the job guarantee and the social and solidarity economy movement. www.levyinstitute.org/news_items/p...

This week we were proud to speak at Scotland’s inaugural Just Transition Summit. Scotland's oil and gas sector is in long-term decline. Like it or not, Scotland must now prepare for a post-fossil fuel economy. 🧵

*Bringing big economic ideas to Scotland* A unique, public-facing celebration of economic thinking – designed to challenge, inform, and inspire. Leading economists, commentators, campaigners, and curious citizens to explore BIG economic ideas. www.tickettailor.com/events/scotl...

What a fabulous time we have had in Bristol, Amsterdam, Sheffield, London and Vienna - not to mention Chichester and Singapore. These photos are from the Vienna #MMT workshop.

"Edinburgh Television Festival’s office is still located in London" UK dysfunctional centralisation writ large on a door somewhere on London. #scottishindependence www.thenational.scot/culture/2539...

#MMT Austria & the whole EU would benefit from a lot more people discussing the basics of MMT, the remaining flaws in the design of the eurozone and the fiscal framework, and the impact this has had on equity and sustainability. Join in! September 27/28. events.humanitix.com/public-money...

The evidence is clear: taking action on climate change today is far cheaper than paying for the consequences of unchecked warming later. Policymakers need to grasp this — as time is running out.

As the Land Reform Bill moves through the Scottish Parliament, one thing remains clear. Without bold changes to how land is owned and managed, Scotland cannot unlock its potential on housing, inequality, productivity, and the climate. Here's why the Bill matters and where it falls short. 🧵1/6