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The Hebridean island distilleries and those along the glorious sailing grounds of the West Coast are amongst the most scenic and historically fascinating in the industry. In 1984 Neil Wilson first visited the island distilleries on board the ketch Alystra and the book resulting from this wonderful trip, Scotch and Water, went on to be a classic of its genre. It delved into the history and development of the distilleries and the people who made these great whiskies. This new book incorporates the original research from Scotch and Water and includes a great deal of new material. The Islay malt s

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to Modern Monetary Theory: Key Insights, Leading Thinkers -- 1. How does the government spend? A functional model of the UK Exchequer -- 2. Credit and the Exchequer since the Restoration -- 3. Sovereign nations face resource constraints, not financial constraints -- 4. A framework for the analysis of the price level and inflation -- 5. The external economy -- 6. Modern Monetary Theory, the United Kingdom, and pound sterling -- 7. The Eurozone and Brexit -- 8. Modern Monetary Theory as post-neoliberal economics: the role of methodology-philosophy -- 9. Tax as a hygiene factor: setting UK taxation policy using Modern Monetary Theory -- 10. Checklist of an employment guarantee programme: the Plan Jefes de Hogar from Argentina revisited 20 years later -- 11. Three lessons from government spending and the post-pandemic recovery -- 12. Modern Monetary Theory and public policy in the United Kingdom -- Postscript: thoughts on MMT's insights -- Index.