Tackling Timorous Economics

Stephen Boyd has led on economic and industrial policy for the STUC since 2003. A regular media commentator, he sits on a number of Government task groups and is an Honorary Research Fellow at Strathclyde University.George Kerevan is the SNP MP for East Lothian and a member of the UK Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee. An economist by training, he taught economics at Napier University in Edinburgh before serving nine years as Associate Editor of The Scotsman newspaper, where he was chief leader writer. He is also a documentary film maker and was executive producer of ‘The Fog of Strenrenica’, which won the prestigious Special Jury award at the 2015 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.Katherine Trebeck is Senior Researcher for Oxfam GB. She has a PHD in political science from the ANU, is Honorary Professor at the University of the West of Scotland and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde. When working for Oxfam Scotland, Katherine developed the Humankind Index, a measure of prosperity constructed through community consultation.

• Introduction: Our Economic System is broken. We need a new one. Katherine TrebeckTowards a ‘for everyone economy’? Katherine TrebeckDo we really want a more equal Scotland? Stephen BoydNo Timorous Beasties Here! George Kerevan

…of interest well beyond Scotland’s borders … it will challenge you to reflect on your own views on big issues like inequality and economic policy. - W David McCausland, The Conversation