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Kairin and William list and discuss their favourite economics books. Five books released in 2021 and five other books they have read in 2021! 1. The Divide by Jason Hickle 2. Less Is More by Jason Hickle 3. Free Lunch Thinking by Tom Bergin 4. Rentier Capitalism Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? by Brett Christophers 5. The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton 6. Doughnut Economics by Kate Rolworth 7. The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944 by Ed Conway 8. The Globalization Paradox by Dani Rodick 9. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano. 10. And finally, the one we didn't have time to read in 2021! The New Economics: A Manifesto by Steve Keen

Building the Scottish State Show: Series 1 - Episode 18 - Prof Alf Baird On this week's show, Dr Mark McNaught is joined by Prof Alf BairdAlf Baird was, prior to his retirement in 2016, Professor of Maritime Business and Director of the Maritime Research Group at Edinburgh Napier University. He has a PhD in Strategic Management in Global Shipping. His specialist area of research and teaching is strategic management in maritime transport. His research activities encompass most of the world’s main shipping markets in Europe, Asia, Mid-East and North and Latin America, and Australasia.  He has published more than 200 research articles, plus delivered over 150 conference papers, many as invited speaker at major maritime industry events, also winning several international prizes for his applied research work and development of applied theoretical and analytical frameworks in areas such as port privatisation, strategic management in shipping, container transshipment, and shipping service feasibility studies. He developed his own Masters’ module on ‘Strategic Management in Maritime Transport’ which was taught to postgraduate students at several of the major maritime universities in Europe and further afield. He has advised international ports, shipping lines, governments, and parliamentary committees on a range of maritime matters with emphasis on shipping markets, maritime policy, and seaport planning and development.  Alf began his maritime industry career in the 1970s working as a shipping clerk and ship agent in the port of Leith during what were the formative days of containerisation, ferry, and cruise shipping, after which he joint-owned and managed a transport logistics and freight forwarding business, prior to entering the academic/research sphere where he continued with an emphasis on maritime business research and in particular strategic management in shipping and seaports.  In 2020, Alf published a research-based academic textbook on the subject of Scottish independence: 'Doun-Hauden: The Socio-Political Determinants of Scottish Independence', available from: Doun-Hauden: The Socio-Political Determinants of Scottish Independence: Amazon.co.uk: Baird, Alfred: 9798634652320: Books

William and Kairin are joined by Diana Finch from the Bristol Pound to discuss how a local currency can empower a local community.  00:20 Overview of a local currency01:50 We may all have used something like 'LETS'02:20 Bristol Pound02:50 Leakage from local communities in the "normal" way of spending money03:35 The Transition Town movement04:00 Was is it about Bristol that initially supported a local currency?05:10 The issues that the Bristol Pound couldn't solve06:00 So what did go wrong with the Bristol Pound?07:30 Tone Of Voice issues08:50 Local shops never really seen the momentum of the local shopping movement11:50 Do we have a wider misunderstanding of how all currencies work?13:15 The prism of money16:30 Kairin's experience with the Transition Town movement17:15 Bristol Pay (the phoenix from the fire of the Bristol Pound18:00 How the payments system "works"21:20 The Bristol Pay timeline23:00 The oversight of a payment service like Bristol Pay26:00 The voucher system and how that promotes the circular economy29:00 The issue with debt!29:50 A voting token as part of Bristol Pay32:00 The end of a journey but also the beginning! If you are interested in supporting a community payment platform like Bristol Pay please get in touch with Diana. https://twitter.com/BristolPound orhttps://twitter.com/Bristol_Pay

Host John Drummond's first guest for 2022 is the very popular SNP MP Dr Philippa Whitford.  In this fascinating discussion, the conversation ranges from the creeping privatisation of the English NHS and the threat to our Scottish NHS,  the need for a wellbeing economy to rebuild our society after Covid, how the Scottish Conservatives will fare in an independent Scotland, when the referendum might take place and a wee detour to check out Sir Keir Starmer wrapped in his union flag! You can watch the TNT Show every Wednesday at 7pm on Independence Live's youtube channel.  

William and Kairin are joined by Dr Craig Dazell to discuss the meaning and the practicality of a just transition for the Scottish economy from a fossil-fueled economy to a green economy. Just Transition Commission Secretariat, PO Box 24152, Edinburgh, EH7 9FW JustTransitionCommission@gov.scot  

While away a dark January day with this very interesting interview from October 2021 with Professor AC Grayling, chatting to host John Drummond about Brexit, Scottish Independence and more. https://www.acgrayling.com

In the final episode of our series of conversations with climate activists, host Marlene Halliday chats to two Buddhist members of Extinction Rebellion about the Buddhist perspective on the climate emergency and their experiences at COP26. Music is by Scott Buckley

This month's roundup of topical news, views and interesting clips includes: The scandal of national grid charges with Alan Brown and Craig Dalzell Danish district heating systems and other good practice - Lesley Riddoch Setting up a new currency - Robbie Mochrie Insights into the Scottish prison service - Craig Murray Devolution constraints on our covid response - Nicola Sturgeon Path to a referendum - Mike Russell Indy polling results - Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp Scottish budget 2022-23  Kate Forbes Customs changes from Jan 2022 - Holyrood economy and fair work committee Wishing all our listeners and contributors a very Merry Christmas!  We will be back in January with the next roundup of jigsaw pieces.  You can also catch our weekly show on Indylive.radio at Noon on Tuesdays