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Anton Muscatelli
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Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow. Chair, Royal Economic Society. Economist. President, Royal Society of Edinburgh. Inter Milan fan. Opinions mine.
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So what *should* the government do? Some suggestions from me & colleagues ( @uofgvc.bsky.social @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social @mazzucatom.bsky.social @elerianm.bsky.social, Jim O'Neill, Gus O'Donnell) here:

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The only route to fiscal sustainability lies in finding a more sustainable growth model for the economy as a whole. This will not be achieved without a significant further increase in public investment. On the current trajectory, public investment is set to remain flat as a share of GDP over the course of this Parliament, substantially lower than both the OECD and the UK’s own post-war averages. Having set out clear priorities across the missions, the Industrial Strategy and the Ten Year Infrastructure Plan, the government must now invest in these at the higher level needed to provide the foundations for a credible, serious plan for growth. To deliver the stability you have rightly emphasised, you must find additional tax revenue at the coming Budget. There are progressive, pro-growth options available if the government is willing to undertake more fundamental reforms to the tax system. Above all, the tax and pension system needs to be rebalanced so that better-off older people, especially those with substantial property and pension wealth, make a much larger contribution to addressing the fiscal pressures that result from increasing spend on the NHS, social care and pensions. These and other pressures on public spending must also be managed in a more sustainable way.
September 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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11am Student Representative Council President reads from
We Lived Happily During the War
BY ILYA KAMINSKY
“And when they bombed other people's houses, we
protested
but not enough, we opposed them but not
enough.” @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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9am Chief Stand Up Comic and Exquisite University Gardener, Davie, tells the never finishable story of the peace tree and his work trying new things and learning with @uofglasgow.bsky.social grounds
Two men taking in a circule at a circular bench
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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A song from Guatemala and an Eritrean Coffee Ceremony

Peace work with women at 8am
Kettle on stove by Olive tree with Eritrean coffee pot
September 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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10am “If wars are made in the minds of people then it’s in the minds of people that the defences of peace must be constructed” @unesco

The outgoing Principal speaking and joining the coffee ceremony and dedication @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgvc.bsky.social
Group of people at olive tree
September 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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The letter was signed by: Lord Gus O’Donnell, Lord Jim O’Neill, Professor @mazzucatom.bsky.social, @elerianm.bsky.social, Professor Sir @uofgvc.bsky.social, Professor @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social and Professor @jdportes.bsky.social.
September 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Thanks Bob - far too kind…
September 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM