https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/ en https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/common-weal-inverness-and-inveryes-consideration-sustainable-growth-commission-report <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Common Weal Inverness and InverYes – Consideration of the Sustainable Growth Commission Report</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">Common Weal</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sun, 09/05/2021 - 11:38</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">InverYes</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Date Published</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2018-09-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Sun, 09/02/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Category</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/72" hreflang="en">Economy</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource</div> <div class="field__item">consultation response</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>A study group comprised of members from Common Weal Inverness and InverYes undertook a detailed reading of the report published by the Sustainable Growth Commission and have collated their thoughts, opinions and recommendations ahead of attending the National Assemblies.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Concern was expressed that the Sustainable Growth Commission appeared to be too heavily tied to a free market (neo-liberal) approach to economics. There is a misleading neo-liberal economic storyline that states that governments are the same as businesses and households and must act like them and manage their financial affairs by ensuring that they ‘balance the books’ and live within their means. A technical discussion which attempted to tease out the issues of the neo-liberal orthodoxy and its direct consequences on public finances that results in savage cuts to both welfare spending and infrastructure investment set the background for the discussion on Parts C and B of the report.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Resource Address (URL)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/InverYes-Consideration-of-the-Sustainable-Growth-Commission-Report.pdf">https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/InverYes-Consideration-of-th…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/671" hreflang="en">Growth Commission</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/311" hreflang="en">Sustainable Growth Commissio</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/594" hreflang="en">Public finance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/520" hreflang="en">Free market economy</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17" hreflang="en">Can Scotland afford to be independent?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sun, 05 Sep 2021 10:38:38 +0000 Stephen Richard 111 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com