SCOTONOMICS SPECIAL: Scotland’s Future: A Job Guarantee for Scotland?
With the rise of AI and casualised work, and the drive to transition away from polluting industries, the ability people have to keep themselves employed has never been less secure. …Should Scotland respond by instituting a job guarantee? This event brings together a set of internationally renowned academics as well as some of the brightest thinkers from Scottish politics and advocacy to debate the merits of such a move.
The event is part of St Andrews’ Scotland’s Future Series.
Panelists:
Marion Ellison (Social Policy, Queen Margaret University)
Daniel Johnson (MSP and Scottish Labour Spokesperson on Fair Work)
Virginia Mantouvalou (Law, University College London)
William Thomson (Founder, Scotonomics)
Philippe van Parijs (Economics and Social Ethics, University of Louvain)
Andrea Veltman (Philosophy, James Madison University)
SCOTONOMICS SPECIAL: Scotland’s Future: A Job Guarantee for Scotland?
With the rise of AI and casualised work, and the drive to transition …
With the rise of AI and casualised work, and the drive to transition away from polluting industries, the ability people have to keep themselves employed has never been less secure. …Should Scotland respond by instituting a job guarantee? This event brings together a set of internationally renowned academics as well as some of the brightest thinkers from Scottish politics and advocacy to debate the merits of such a move.
The event is part of St Andrews’ Scotland’s Future Series.
Panelists:
Marion Ellison (Social Policy, Queen Margaret University)
Daniel Johnson (MSP and Scottish Labour Spokesperson on Fair Work)
Virginia Mantouvalou (Law, University College London)
William Thomson (Founder, Scotonomics)
Philippe van Parijs (Economics and Social Ethics, University of Louvain)
Andrea Veltman (Philosophy, James Madison University)
On 20th July 2023, with very little fanfare, the Westminster and …
On 20th July 2023, with very little fanfare, the Westminster and Scottish governments announced that they had reached an agreement on the review of the fiscal settlement: that is, a …review of the financial arrangements that govern the funding of the Scottish government.
This fulfilled a pledge made at the time when the original post-referendum fiscal settlement was agreed in 2016, that the arrangement would be reviewed in five years.
In this interview with Jim Cuthbert, we discuss:
– how the review was carried out
– what are the outcomes
– what impact will this settlement have
– and why did everything go so wrong
And why Jim thinks that the Scottish Government have made all the same mistakes again.[+] Show More
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SCOTONOMICS: Ep 89: Scotland's Social Enterprises
Duncan from Social Enterprise Scotland joins us to discuss the …
Duncan from Social Enterprise Scotland joins us to discuss the important role that Social Enterprises play in our economy as they allow us to focus more on people, place and …the planet.
EU elections 2024: Let's make some noise for Scotland.
Due to Brexit, the election of the new EU Parliament in May 2024 is the first in which Scottish citizens will not be able to vote. Yet the next EU …Parliament will make crucial decisions on EU enlargement for the coming decade.
How can we make sure that Scotland’s European future is seriously considered during the campaign and that Scotland is included in the conversation on the next EU enlargement?
Join our discussion on Europe for Scotland’s new petition for Scots, designed to make as much noise as possible before the next EU election.
With Lesley Riddoch, Olaf Stando and Europe for Scotland activists.
EU elections 2024: Let's make some noise for Scotland.
Due to Brexit, the election of the new EU Parliament in May 2024 is …
Due to Brexit, the election of the new EU Parliament in May 2024 is the first in which Scottish citizens will not be able to vote. Yet the next EU …Parliament will make crucial decisions on EU enlargement for the coming decade.
How can we make sure that Scotland’s European future is seriously considered during the campaign and that Scotland is included in the conversation on the next EU enlargement?
Join our discussion on Europe for Scotland’s new petition for Scots, designed to make as much noise as possible before the next EU election.
With Lesley Riddoch, Olaf Stando and Europe for Scotland activists.
Rising Clyde Episode 16: COP28 – What to expect from Scotland and beyond
As the First Minister, Humza Yousaf, and his team head for the United …
As the First Minister, Humza Yousaf, and his team head for the United Arab Emirates for this year’s UN climate talks, we look at what’s at stake, at the …end of the hottest year ever recorded. If world leaders are doing so little, why should we continue to pay any attention at all to what happens at the COP? We talk to Becky Kenton-Lake, the Coalition Manager at Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, and Nathan Thanki, of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.[+] Show More
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MA: Scotland calling – Voices from the Future
00:00:44 What is Future Voices? 00:05:18 Health and Happiness 00:10:35 …
00:00:44 What is Future Voices?
00:05:18 Health and Happiness
00:10:35 A Fair Society
00:18:59 Clean and …Green
00:24:30 Prosperity
00:29:30 Our Democracy
00:40:34 Launch night
00:45:30 Community
00:53:34 Values
01:00:08 Back to the Future
Future Voices is an innovative and inspiring project that aims to address people who are still unsure of how an independent Scotland will be better than today’s version. Founders Joyce and Ian Munro join Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene in the studio to tell us more about the project and how it can be a valuable resource available to all.
We take a look at Future Voices 7 inspiring and thought provoking videos and take a glimpse into a possible future – we CAN make this happen.
Please subscribe to the @FutureVoicesScotland Youtube channel and share the clips widely.
You can contact Joyce and Ian by email on futurevoices050@gmail.com and they would particularly appreciate hearing from Yes groups who would like to feature in future videos in the series.
Also mentioned in the discussion:
Orkney Renewable Energy Forum
www.https://www.shared-border-shared-future.scot/
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This is a major conference on the democratic future of the United …
This is a major conference on the democratic future of the United Kingdom and its constituent nations. One of the speakers, Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, calls …the event “incredibly timely and important.”
Other speakers include The National columnist Lesley Riddoch, writer Neal Ascherson, Uncommon Wealth author Kojo Koram, journalist Isabel Hilton, Clive Lewis MP, The Scotsman journalist Joyce McMillan, Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole, prize-winning novelist James Robertson, Professor Richard Wyn Jones, former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and Radical Independence Campaign founder Jonathon Shafi – with many more speakers from across Britain, Ireland and Europe soon to be confirmed.
Rising Clyde Ep. 15: Yes to Yasuní – a global victory that needs our solidarity now
Three months after the people of Ecuador struck a major blow for …
Three months after the people of Ecuador struck a major blow for climate justice, by voting to leave the oil in the soil beneath the Yasuní National Park, they need …our solidarity to ensure their victory is respected. We talk to one of the people who made that victory possible, Leonidas Iza, president of the main Indigenous organisation, CONAIE, who visited Scotland in July to promote that campaign. We discuss the challenges ahead, the need to link up with other anti-mining and anti-extractive struggles, and the lessons for climate justice globally.
The REVIVE coalition is delighted to welcome you to our national …
The REVIVE coalition is delighted to welcome you to our national conference with Chris Packham as our host and exciting speakers like Lesley Riddoch who will show us how we …can transform Scotland’s uplands.
As the circle of destruction surrounding grouse shooting continues, the call for change has only got stronger. This conference will be our most important opportunity so far to showcase why reform is needed, especially as we will be right in the middle of the grouse moor reform bill that’s going through Parliament.
Join us as we take on land reform, wildlife and environmental protection, and alternative approaches to revitalise our land to it’s best potential.
Saturday Football review and looking at the Sunday fixtures
Looking at the hashes from the Weekend in the SPL
Looking at the hashes from the Weekend in the SPL
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SCOTONOMICS Ep 85: An Introduction to Ecological Economics
Ecological economics is a trans-disciplinary approach to understanding …
Ecological economics is a trans-disciplinary approach to understanding how economics is embedded in the broader ecosystem that supports all human activity. Ecological economists see limits to economic growth and opportunities …to improve long-term human well-being.
Ecological Economics with Sebastian Berger, UWE Bristol.[+] Show More
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SCOTONOMICS: Ep 84 Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
This is likely to be one of our most popular episodes this year as we …
This is likely to be one of our most popular episodes this year as we spend time with British political expert Timothy Mitchell.
Timothy is the author of one of William’s …books of the year, Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil.
There is a huge amount of the book that is relevant to Scotland as we start to leave a fossil fuel economy behind us. It is hugely enlightening as Tim traces the role of energy and democracy and how it has shaped Scotland, the UK and the rest of the world.
Timothy Mitchell is William B. Ransford Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Timothy Mitchell is a political theorist and historian. His areas of research include – the place of colonialism in the making of modernity
– the material and technical politics of the Middle East, and the role of economics and other forms of expert knowledge in the government of collective life.
Much of his current work is concerned with ways of thinking about politics that allow material and technical things more weight than they are given in conventional political theory.[+] Show More