SMALL AND SLIGHTLY SOCIALIST; NORDIC COUNTRIES; SCOTLAND

Scots - Yorkhill Kids - "I'm on my way"

Let's look at some wee places.


Sweden

Have you noticed that the small, slightly socialist countries, tend to be the richest?

2012 Ranking - GDP per head ($) 1 Luxembourg $89417 2 Norway $66135 3 Switzerland $53641 7 Ireland $43803 10 Denmark $42,787  14 Scotland $39642 18 United Kingdom $35671

 
Around Sweden in the 1940s and early 1950s by Fredrik Bruno

The slightly Socialist Nordic countries, unlike England, do not have a problem with ageing populations.

Due to slightly-Socialist policies, these small Nordic countries have 'near-replacement' fertility levels.

Why shrinking populations may be no bad thing.

Not everyone of working age contributes equally to supporting the dependent population (the elederly).

Better-educated people are more productive and healthier, retire later and live longer. 

Why shrinking populations may be no bad thing.


 Around Sweden in the 1940s and early 1950s by Fredrik Bruno

Scotland has the advantage of having a high number of 'better-educated people'.

Scotland spends more on education (per head of population) than England.

In Scotland, university education is free.

It is reckoned that every Scot will be £1,000 ($1,670) a year better off if Scotland gains independence.

The oracle of Holyrood

At least half of Scotland's North Sea oil wealth is still to come.

(The UK Ministry of Defence has banned exploration on Scotland's West coast, but that ban will end if Scotland becomes independent).

Over the years, oil goes up in price, and so Scotland becomes ever richer.

And Scotland will have 25% of Europe's alternative energy.


England, like Bangladesh. 

According to The Economist: 

1. Using gross value added (GVA) as a measure, Scotland was one of only three British regions that grew relative to the national average between 2001 and 2011 (London and the South East were the other two). 

2. Scotland’s productivity grew even faster. 

Scotland’s rate of new business formation is high, and its exports (not just oil: salmon and whisky are big earners too) are robust. All this suggests that there is potential to lift productivity higher.

The oracle of Holyrood



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The UK's Trident nuclear missiles are based at Faslane just 25 miles west of Glasgow. The Polaris nuclear missile programme began in 1962

Even in rich parts of Glasgow, death rates are 15% higher than in similar districts of other big cities.

MYSTERIOUS HIGH DEATH RATE.

GLASGOW KIDS

Scotland’s contribution to defence within the UK is £3.3bn a year.

An independent Scotland will spend £2.5bn a year on defence.

The missing (hundreds of) millions