The GERS data is ludicrous: Scotland does not generate 60% of the UK’s net fiscal deficit

I have had the GERS data for fifteen minutes when starting to write this. Don’t expect miracles as yet. But Table 1 told me most of what you need to know. It shows the net fiscal balances of Scotland and the UK as a whole since 1999. As GERS defines it: Let me plot this, […]

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