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  • Key Figures - Graeme Roy

    Key Figures - Graeme Roy
    2025/09/17
    In the final episode of our Key Figures series Mairi Spowage speaks to Professor in Economics at the Adam Smith Business School, and previous director of the Fraser of Allander Institute, Graeme Roy.
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    34 分
  • Key Figures - David Bell

    Key Figures - David Bell
    2025/09/16
    Our next episode of Key Figures features the esteemed David Bell, Professor of Economics at the University of Stirling and a core original member of the Fraser of Allander Institute.
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    43 分
  • Key Figures - Peter McGregor and Kim Swales

    Key Figures - Peter McGregor and Kim Swales
    2025/09/15
    In the third installment of our Key Figures series, Mairi Spowage speaks to Kim Swales and Peter McGregor: two economists who were director of the Fraser of Allander Institute at various times, and instrumental to our longstanding work in CG modelling.
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    1 時間 10 分
  • Key Figures - Elizabeth Ashcroft

    Key Figures - Elizabeth Ashcroft
    2025/09/12
    In the second episode of our Key Figures interview series, we talk to Elizabeth Ashcroft, one of the original editors of our long-running Economic Commentaries. We cover her life, the origins of the Institute, and her thoughts on the rapidly changing economic landscape in Scotland.
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    59 分
  • Key Figures - David Simpson

    Key Figures - David Simpson
    2025/09/10

    Clarification 15/9/25 - Victor Bulmer-Thomas did not resign as Director of Chatham House in 2003 over the Iraq war. He left at the end of 2006, although he did author a paper on Blair's foreign policy that was very critical of the invasion.

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    40 分
  • Fiscal policy under pressure: Looking forward to the UK autumn budget statement

    Fiscal policy under pressure: Looking forward to the UK autumn budget statement
    2025/09/09

    Participants

    Dr Hannah Randolph - Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute

    Dr João Sousa - Deputy Director at the Fraser of Allander Institute

    Time stamps

    (0:40) What pressures does the chancellor face ahead of the autumn budget statement?

    (8:30) Prospects for improved economic conditions

    (11:00) Potential policy changes in the Autumn Budget statement

    (17:00) Impact on the Scottish budget process
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    24 分
  • Scotrail peak fares removal: Implications for public transport

    Scotrail peak fares removal: Implications for public transport
    2025/09/01

    (00:25) Price changes after removal

    (01:37) Reasoning behind peak fares and removal

    (03:23) Learning from the peak fares removal pilot

    (06:00) What policies might shift commuters away from cars?

    (08:47) Alternatives to rail travel

    (10:57) Policy costs and potential for financial neutrality

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    17 分
  • Chaos in employment statistics: What's going on with the Labour Force Survey?

    Chaos in employment statistics: What's going on with the Labour Force Survey?
    2025/08/22

    Participants

    Dr Hannah Randolph - Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute

    Allison Catalano - Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute and the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU)

    Time stamps

    (00:06) Introduction

    (01:20) What is the LFS and what are the issues it's been having?

    (6:57) Alternative data sources for understanding the labour market

    (18:23) Misunderstandings around what's happened in the post-pandemic labour market

    (19:39) ONS changes to improve the quality of the LFS

    (23:40) How poor employment statistics may impact local decision-making

    (27:49) Information about FAI 50th anniversary conference
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    29 分