The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish politics, news, history, stories and intelligent analysis from Scotland The sick Scottish economy – agreement on diagnosis but not on treatment
Alex Salmond declared this morning that the Scottish economy was “bumping along the bottom”. With the latest gross domestic product (GDP) figures showing Scotland slipping into a double-dip recession, no one would disagree with the First Minister’s assessment. But that is where agreement stops. Mr Salmond is convinced that the way to revive the Scottish