EDAS blog: It’s getting crowded in here
Public investment in a proactive industrial policy that aims to promote particular sectors is sometimes criticised for crowding out private investment. However, a recent White House blog by Heather Boushey, […]
Invitation to attend Adam Smith Tercentenary Events: University of Glasgow
2023 marks the tercentenary of the birth of Adam Smith. Smith was a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and a student, professor and rector of the University of Glasgow. […]
Blog: The hybrid working genie is out of the bottle – so let’s make it grant everyone’s wish
It’s just over three years since the world of office-based work changed forever. When we were sent home with our laptops on that dark day in March 2020, few of […]
Blog: ‘Investing in Trust’
How important is trust to economic development? The chart below from ‘Our World in Data’ would suggest that there is quite a strong relationship. As with any correlation questions […]
Purpose drives business success
It’s hard to recall a period more turbulent than the last few years. A global pandemic, Brexit, war in Europe, rising poverty, energy and food insecurity and labour shortages combine […]
Scotland the Brave: Community wealth building makes national progress
We have just completed a fact-finding and advisory tour of Scotland, where we found that the nation had made significant progress in placing community wealth building at the core of […]
What happened to the ones that didn’t make it?
The image below has been widely shared on social media to demonstrate what is called survivorship bias: In WW2 the airforce was trying to work out the best […]
Blog: Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan and the journey to Net Zero – David Coyne, Skills Development Scotland
Reaching Scotland’s ambition of becoming a net zero carbon emitter by 2045 requires transformational change. More skilled people will be needed across a range of jobs to cut our carbon […]
Economic Development and Community Wealth Building in Scotland by Neil McInroy
The emergence of the climate crisis and the pandemic has changed our world and highlighted the urgent need for fundamental change to our economy. In this, the global movement of […]
It’s not what you do…
Over the summer the Scottish Government announced a new Economic Advisory Council made up of an impressive group of business leaders and academics to be chaired by the Economy Secretary. […]