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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Hamish Morrison

Top pro-indy economist Mark Blyth corrects record after 'point-scoring' reports

Top economist Mark Blyth says he has been 'misrepresented' in the Unionist press/Getty Images

A TOP pro-independence economist has hit back at claims he could not make the case for leaving the Union, saying he had been misrepresented in the interests of “point-scoring”.

Mark Blyth, a professor of international economics at Brown University in the US, has said he was the victim of “selective quotation” over emails he sent in which he appeared to say he was “struggling” to find evidence to back up his conversion to Yes.

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