Wellbeing Economy: Open Letter To First Minister 03 July 2020

As academics, business leaders, politicians, and community leaders we call for an economic stimulus in Scotland which really places equality, community and wellness first. This means making a disproportionate investment in community, cooperative and social enterprises in redesigning Scotland’s economic stimulus. This in turn will result in closing the employment gap for women and disabled people, plus fairer wages and lower carbon. The lives of people rich or poor in communities across Scotland have been devastated by Coronavirus, with too many losing loved ones and livelihoods. Rightly, the Government response has been the biggest seen in peacetime. The forthcoming economic stimulus response will be similarly unparalleled in scale. While there are plenty of #BringBackBetter slogans and strong ideas in last week’s Economic Recovery Advisory Group report, it is not clear we are heading to a radically fairer Scotland