‘The cruelty, brutality and ugliness was having a profound emotional effect on me. It was making me unhappy, making me see humanity as something disgusting’ Here’s the story of why I left Twitter, and why the world is a happier and more beautiful place without it In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

**Loads of fantastic speakers and brilliant topics** Tickets available here: tickettailor.com/events/scotl.... Supported by a wide range of progressive organisations, the festival is rooted in the belief that the economy should serve people, place, and planet. 2/2

**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

There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since. Hope you enjoy it too! youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...

Let's make economics useful again! [email protected] modernmoneylab.org.au/courses/

Excited to be soft-launching a new online essay series for @the-breakdown.bsky.social - (re)reading radical thinkers for the climate crisis. First up is Casey A. Williams on Stuart Hall and his analytical power for climate strategy today. www.break-down.org/reading-stua...

Never look directly at The Sun! 🔥 Another billionaire owned newspaper scaremongering the public. People want hope and they want change, and Greens are the ones offering it. 💚📈

The Scottish Greens have surpassed 9000 members as support for the party is on track to reach a record high

I don't quite go this far. But that article, which is still live, is a high watermark for propaganda/misinformation.

We wish #MMT founder Warren Mosler all the very best, with his plans to launch the USVI Green Party.

Private sector debt in Scotland Private sector debt in Scotland - the real ticking time bomb You can be sure of one thing. If politicians and mainstream economists are not talking about something, it must be important. We live in an era of misdirection. Ample headlines and column inches are…

The EU’s SGP in an independent Scotland Adopting the EU's SGP in an independent Scotland will undermine economic resilience. Discussion paper: Undermining Economic Resilience - The Economic Impact of Adopting the European Union’s Stability and Growth Pact in an Independent Scotland. Dr Dirk Ehnts…

'The people who make our lives more difficult arrive in private jets, not dinghies.'

"Whether you agree with Zack Polanski or not it is important to have a different view articulated as effectively as some of the radical right have been doing. "Potentially it helps rebalance the scales a little bit in everyday media discourse" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...

My newsletter in The National, wondering how 'a fresh start' can be so devoid of new ideas. www.thenational.scot/news/2554002...

Want to hear more about what the Green Party is offering? Watch the full interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on our YouTube, or listen wherever you get your pods. #PodSaveTheUK #Politics #UK #Socialism #YourParty

This helps reframe our conversations about 'the bond market' and mythical 'bond vigilantes'. Every pound used to purchase a UK government bond has come from previous UK government deficit spending. 1/6

"Polanski is adamant that Labour no longer deserves to be thought of as progressive. "The Labour Party is so dead and gone in terms of being a progressive force. You don’t need to be in the Labour Party: @greenparty.org.uk time is now.” www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...

LIVE tonight at 8 pm, introducing Scotland's Sectoral Balances. ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFR7dK0th4

Good summary here. www.thenational.scot/news/2546714...

I chaired a great panel discussing how the #MMT lens can be used to explain and explore the reasons behind the crushing of NHS budgets. www.patreon.com/posts/how-mm... Link to my introductory marks.

Paper available tomorrow! Good summary here. www.thenational.scot/news/2546714...

The MMT lens for an independent Scotland and Wales 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…

With Warren Mosler #MMT in Cardiff to chat to activists and policymakers about reimaging the economy of an independent Wales.

Come along to Britsol on the 12th/13th to hear how #MMT helps you reframe the austerity narrative. modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/brist...

Sectoral Balances set you on a different path. We will release Scotland's sectoral balances on 15th September. Sign up to receive the report. mailchi.mp/scotonomics....

Tonight LIVE at 8 pm. We discuss The Impact of Central Banks on the real economy - me, you, and the jobs we do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV5Y...

The most recent Scottish Government prospectus for independence announced its desire to follow the EU's fiscal rules, the "SGP", once Scotland was independent and BEFORE it joined the EU. No one has ever considered the economic impact of that decision until now. Thread. 1/10

Excellent article by @williameconomist.bsky.social With zonal pricing, we are all arguing over scraps from the table www.thenational.scot/politics/253...

I'm really enjoying this so far. At 35ish #MMT is about the same age as when neoliberalism started to breakthrough into the mainstream.

50 people chose #MMT rather than 50 cent in Glasgow tonight. That's got to mean something!

I am presenting an hour long introduction to #MMT tonight. A couple of books on hard incase any difficult questions or quotes are required!

All those private healthcare donors watching Wes cash in on their investment. "No money left" is a political fiction used to protect the super rich from fair taxes. Rather than take different political choices, Health Secretary is acting like an influencer for privatisation.

This evening we held a talk with Michael Hudson and Steve Keen about Debt, Empire and the Future. If you could not make it, you can view the talk here: www.youtube.com/live/FAgj66z...

Thank you for releasing the #Scotonomics podcasts @williameconomist.bsky.social This one is brilliant, everyone interested in #Austerity #CostOfLiving #UKPolitics #ScottishIndependence should give this a listen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) discusses fiscal space—the ability for governments to create currency and spend on the public purpose—not in monetary terms but in functional terms. So, why isn't it being used to power the #climatemovement? Short thread 1/7

And now in Wales! 18th July. scotonomics.scot/event/the-ec...

@deanbaker13.bsky.social scotonomics.scot/policy/rethi... Hi Dean. I wondered if you would have a look over this?

this makes sense

Discussion Paper launched today. "Rethinking Fiscal Power for a Prosperous Future" Using the #MMT lens to support climate action. Includes a list of MMT climate literature. #LearnedHelplessness scotonomics.scot/policy/rethi...

Scottish Currency Project. The Transition to a Scottish Currency Over the coming months, Scotonomics will consult with monetary operations academics and finance professionals to build the knowledge base on a transition to a Scottish Currency after independence. We will also refer to and cite the…

Taking an institutional approach to the idea that global South nations are 'balance of payments constrained'.

Currently plastered all over #NYC.

In Scotland 421 people own half our land. Want to change this? Don’t miss your chance to add your ideas to The Big Land Question for Revive Campaigning Group. diffleypartnership.co.uk/the-big-land...

This month, it is the London weekend workshops. In September, it will be the Bristol Anti-Austerity Conference. Because if we want a better future, we all need to do something - however limited - to try to bring it about. modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/

Mark Drakeford is a long-term member of the Labour Land Campaign and main speaker at our Labour Welsh conference fringe meeting this month When he retires next year let's hope his legacy will be LVT for Wales!

Nice one this from Richard. Herman Daly, an American ecological economist, coined the phrase "un-economic growth" where net harms outweigh net benefits. He suggested we entered that phase in the Global North in the early 1990s, and it continues today. Growth is a false God for Global North nations.

"In both Scotland and Wales, independence is a social movement, and by becoming independent, both movements aim to create a more prosperous, fair, and just society." www.thenational.scot/politics/252...