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Economics/Finance

It's Time to Throw Off Fear!

"It is fear that keeps us where we are. It was fear that crippled the Growth Commission. And it's not a coincidence that I wrote a book about The Courageous State, when I see courage as the opposite of fear. Scotland could do with some courage right now. But so could we all. We should follow the example of Ireland last week and throw off our fears, and constraints and claim the life that we can all enjoy. That's what I really believe. And that's what I am really an ally of." - Professor Richard Murphy.
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2018/05/28/its-time-to-throw-off-fear/

Comment on Growth Commission Report

"The Scottish Growth Commission wants to crush Scotland to balance the government's books. And the simple fact is that there is not the slightest reason to do so. Nor could Scotland suffer serious economic harm by not doing so if (and I stress the if) a deficit is run to create full employment and strong investment in the future. This is the route to real growth. The Commission is offering austerity.....
The success o(r) not of independence will rest solely on this issue a(t) the end of the day. Only a free Scotland, with its own currency, can deliver the growth that the people of Scotland should enjoy. Until this is appreciated and resolved nationalism will be in a difficult place, into which it has been (p)ut by the flawed neoliberal economics of this Commission." Professor Richard Murphy.