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Scotland For Richer or Poorer
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Scotland For Richer or Poorer

2014 · EN · STATUS: [ STREAMING ]
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Scotland heads toward a 2014 independence referendum with no official document laying out exactly what the country's economic future would look like on its own. This film gathers economists and political figures to argue the numbers rather than the slogans: what currency an independent Scotland would use, whether it could keep its share of North Sea oil revenue, how taxation and public spending would need to change, and whether businesses would still have the same access to UK and European markets. Supporters of independence argue Scotland could manage its own resources and priorities without Westminster; opponents warn that leaving means giving up the financial stability of the union, including the pound and existing trade arrangements. The film does not resolve the argument, since no side can point to a settled prospectus, and it presents that uncertainty itself as the central problem facing voters weighing prosperity against risk.