26.08.2014 - Opposition to currency union with Scotland is a bluff, says top economist
Nobel prizewinner Joseph Stiglitz also accuses Scotland's finance sector of using scare tactics over independence. Prof Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prize-winning economist, has accused David Cameron's government of bluffing over its opposition to a currency union with an independent Scotland. Stiglitz boosted Alex Salmond's repeated insistence that a formal sterling zone was the best option by accusing the no campaign of deliberately stoking up fear and anxiety among Scottish voters as a short-term tactic in the referendum...............................................Full Article: Source
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