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The author argues for a new economic paradigm, where public spending is an investment and the economy isn't examined akin...
Read moreDetailsBSc Politics and Soc Sciences, PostGrad Dip In Administration. Interested in the circular economy, politics and the workings of the monetary system. Member of the Scottish Currency Group since 2020. I have lived in East Lothian for 27 years with my partner and our 2 children. For the last 5 years I have worked at Reuse Scotland in Dunbar, a charity dedicated to preventing serviceable items going to landfill through voluntary donations. What we earn from the sale of these items we donate to many charities and schools in East Lothian.
The author argues for a new economic paradigm, where public spending is an investment and the economy isn't examined akin...
Read moreDetailsAn open conversation with answers about wellbeing economy is of fundamental importance in a campaign for an independent Scotland
Read moreDetailsCathryn Jones stresses the fundamental issue of consumerism, lack of reuse and repair, and how LAs having appropriate funding can...
Read moreDetailsRecommendations for implementing a Scottish currency and the importance of not borrowing in sterling to protect Scotland’s economy.
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