The road to the bawbee – currency options for an independent Scotland
When
Thursday 2 December 2021
18:30 - 20:00
Cost
Free
Speakers
Professor Sir John Kay FRSE
Visiting Professor, The London School of Economics and Political ScienceProfessor Sir John Kay FRSE is one of Britain’s leading economists. His work is centred on the relationships between economics, finance and business. His career has spanned academic work and think tanks, business schools, company directorships, consultancies and investment companies. John has been a Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford since 1970 and has held chairs at London Business School, the University of Oxford, and the LSE. He is the author of many books – most recently Radical Uncertainty, jointly written with Mervyn King, and Greed is Dead, co-authored with Paul Collier, published in 2020.
Professor Graeme Roy FRSE
Dean of External Engagement and Deputy Head of College (Social Sciences College Senior Management), University of GlasgowGraeme Roy is Dean of External Engagement and Deputy Head of College in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow. A Professor of Economics he is also Chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission, Scotland’s independent economic and fiscal forecasting body. He is a former Senior Civil Servant in the Scottish Government and head of the First Minister’s Policy Unit. He is a past Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde. He has been a special adviser to the Scottish Parliament’s Economy Committee.
Listen to the event
What currency might be used in an independent Scotland? Listen to Professor Sir John Kay FRSE review of the various possibilities for Scotland.
