Elitist Scotland?
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission in partnership with the David Hume Institute examine the background of almost 850 leaders in politics, business, the media and other areas of public life in Scotland; this report looks at the social background of the people who run Scotland.
Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn Chair, Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
This report looks at the social background of the people who run Scotland, following up an earlier study carried out by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission looking at this issue for Great Britain as a whole. In partnership with the David Hume Institute and with the support of postgraduate researchers at the University of Edinburgh, we have examined the background of almost 850 leaders in politics, business, the media and other areas of public life in Scotland.
Inequality: What can the Scottish Government do?
David Bell and David Eiser
Inequality is now an issue of global interest. It is widely believed that inequality is increasing. What can the Scottish Government do?
David Bell and David Eiser
Inequality is now an issue of global interest. It is widely believed that inequality is increasing and that it is both a bad thing in itself and presents an obstacle to economic growth. This topic also played a key role in the election campaign. The Scottish Government has argued that additional fiscal powers will present it with the opportunity to slow down, or perhaps reverse, recent trends in inequality. This lecture explored the potential for the Scottish Government to influence patterns of inequality in Scotland, drawing on the worldwide debates on this issue. It presented new evidence on trends in inequality in Scotland and also placed Scotland’s policy options within the context of the differing approaches to dealing with inequality that are emerging.