Laurie Macfarlane
@L__Macfarlane
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Co-director @FutureEconScot. Fellow @IIPP_UCL and @DemocracyCollab. Co-author Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined November 2010
RT @jryancollins: "The numbers suggest the housing crisis is less about shortage than the unequal distribution of homes. " Excellent lon….
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Politicians have long blamed a housing shortage for soaring prices, but it is tax reform that can make the market less dysfunctional
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RT @FutureEconScot: “If the Scottish government is to close the gap between ambition and delivery, it cannot rely on making minor tweaks to….
thetimes.com
A former Scottish government adviser says ministers have well-meaning aims but must ‘walk the walk’
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RT @MazzucatoM: Scotland's economy stands at a critical juncture. Our new report with @L__Macfarlane shows how a mission-oriented approach….
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Bitcoin’s on fire at $112K! Time to flip the charts on BTCC!.Exploring Cryptocurrency with Jaren Jackson Jr.🏀.
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RT @IIPP_UCL: 🏴 Creating a green, fair and growing Scotland. The new report by @IIPP_UCL Prof. @MazzucatoM & @L__Macfarlane outlines….
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With the closure of Grangemouth and Alexander Dennis, and North Sea jobs in decline, there is an urgent need for a more assertive approach to secure a prosperous future . It’s time to match ambitious words with meaningful action, and leave old economic orthodoxies behind.
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We set out recommendations for transforming the Scottish Government’s tools, institutions and capabilities around an ambitious mission-oriented approach. From overhauling procurement and subsidies to transforming the SNIB (+ much more). And crucially, rebuilding state capacity.
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The GIS focused on five sectoral opportunity areas, but the ambition shouldn't stop there. The aim should be to bolster key sectoral capabilities while also catalysing wider systemic change across the economy. It's not either or, but both.
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This requires a state that acts boldly to support domestic industry and create and shape the industries and markets of the future. This in turn requires a whole-of-government approach, and a more joined up approach to policymaking.
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While the Green Industrial Strategy published last year was a welcome first step, the hope of relying on inward investment is unlikely to deliver the necessary transformation. Scotland faces a stark choice: act boldly to shape the economy, or be shaped by global forces.
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Delighted to publish the second report in our collaboration with @MazzucatoM and @IIPP_UCL . The Scottish Government is talking the talk on industrial strategy, but is not yet walking the walk. Our new report suggests a way forward🧵.
📢 NEW: Scotland faces a stark choice: act boldly to shape the economy, or be shaped by global forces. Our second report with @IIPP_UCL by @MazzucatoM and @L__Macfarlane explores how to rethink the state around an ambitious mission-oriented approach:
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RT @FutureEconScot: 📢 NEW: Scotland faces a stark choice: act boldly to shape the economy, or be shaped by global forces. Our second repor….
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Reality:. “White bread is UK consumers’ favourite choice and accounts for 71% of total bread consumption in the UK. Brown and wholemeal accounts for 22% and other bread 7% of the total bread market.”
fob.uk.com
The UK Bakery market is worth almost £5.74 billion. Bread is one of the nation’s favourite staple foods and is purchased by 99% of households in the UK. Over 4.1 billion bakery units of which 2.7bn...
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New conspiracy theory just dropped: the great replacement of the basic white loaf.
I miss normal bread. Fluffy, bland, unobtrusive, absorbent, thinly sliced bread, that soaks up butter and efficiently sandwiches a filling without messing up the flavour. It's being made extinct by bloody holey sourdough, which is a grey, chewy, vacuous, fusty tasting, horrible.
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RT @meadwaj: The North Sea is an aging and declining field. Chasing every last drop of oil and gas out of it can be nothing other than an a….
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Was delighted to join @faizashaheen on this weeks @macrodosepod . We talked about rumoured tax reforms, rises in unemployment, and the growing authoritarian turn across the west 🎧.
Could Labour's 'kneejerk' tax proposals tank the economy? . Listen to this week's episode of THE CURVE with guest hosts @faizashaheen and @L__Macfarlane 👇 .
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RT @macrodosepod: Could Labour's 'kneejerk' tax proposals tank the economy? . Listen to this week's episode of THE CURVE with guest hosts @….
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If you’re hunting for good news here’s something: Talkspace therapy is covered by most insurance plans and the average copay is only $15 (but most covered members pay $0).
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It’s funny how so many conservatives who love ‘free markets’ suddenly want government force when the market makes a free choice they don’t like.
To Norway’s sovereign wealth fund –which is the largest in the world: Your decision to punish Caterpillar, an American company, because Israel uses their product is beyond offensive. Your BS decision will not go unanswered.
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And no, the rumours circulating on social media about the circumstances surrounding the video aren’t true
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Footage of the alleged incident in Dundee has been circulating on social media.
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It took decades of heroic work to dramatically cut youth knife crime in Scotland. But now the sight of a 12 year-old carrying a knife and an axe is something to celebrate. Extremely messed up.
Dont touch my little sister she’s 12, The screams from a child after growing men trying to prey on young children. This 14-year-old girl in Dundee has been charged for protecting her little sister from harm. This young girl is not a criminal she’s a HERO . If her parents or
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