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Mike Nevin

Mike Nevin was a well respected applied economist who worked internationally as well as across the UK on significant infrastructure projects. He was a trenchant critic of the Bank of England and wrote regularly for ThinkScotland (just search his name). Sadly, Mike died from a long illness on 5 March 2026. His articles remain required reading.

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