Now that the Old Economic Model is broken, a question for you. The ‘Old Economic Model’ which brought many years of economic growth relied on people spending beyond their means and getting into debt. People like Vince Cable warned against this, but Gordan Brown didn’t listen, and now the bubble has burst - and we are

Joining Adam on this week's Sunday Live are Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Deputy Leader of the SNP and Yvette Cooper MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond famously claimed that an independent Scotland would join an 'arc of prosperity' - Iceland to the north, Norway to the east and Ireland to the West. But with Ireland facing a recession and Iceland ...

ALEX Salmond was accused of having "failed as a nationalist" and a First Minister after MSPs were told the SNP cites the war-ravaged country of Montenegro in a campaig

Everyone has read the standard “economic model in cows” analogy. If you haven’t, where have you been?! But this is a new, very specific, entry: ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND VENTURE CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a

Reently Alex Salmond spoke of an 'arc of prosperity' to which an independent Scotland would belong: Iceland, Ireland and Norway. The first two are now in deep doo-doo of coúrse and the third has had billions wiped off its prosperity by the banking crisis. In addition to this, Scottish banks seem to have led the Gaderene rush to the precipice. The question is: could Scotland have s...

Scotland must seize the opportunities offered by its world-class natural energy resources to realise its full economic potential despite current global challenges, Alex Salmond said yesterday.

Investment in renewable energy and low carbon projects will help Scotland get out of the economic downturn, First Minister Alex Salmond has claimed.

Alex Salmond is accused of aiming to turn Scotland into a new Iceland as by-election campaign hots up

Scotland would "gain little" from independence because small nations have limited influence in the modern world, according to one of Alex Salmond's hand-picked economic advisers.

Alex Salmond is mistaken if he thinks Scotland can take an economic lead from Australia, which has strengths that we can never hope to acquire. By Brian McNair