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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
This is all true, but there isn't much oil left in the territory Scotland controls. What happens then? They can survive, sure. But what exactly is their future going to look like?
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It's discussed in that article. As said, pretty much every economist agrees that they should be OK.
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You mention that is 100% no businesses would leave. It's not that simple. Many of the big headquarters there aren't in Scotland because that's where they do business, it's because that's where the headquarters are. What are the main things that companies look for in placing their headquarters?
1) Cost
2) Stability
3) Location
Not necessarily in that order. Stability is no longer there. Giant changes in government are a really good reason to leave
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It's not like Scotland is voting on starting a civil war. Most things will be as they are now until they are changed, which will take time. It's going be at least a decade before things start to look significantly different. And since stability is in the interest of all business, I don't see the UK government creating that much trouble either. After all, both sides will have CEO's to answer to, and all the CEO's will want everything to go as smoothly and uneventfully as possible, because business.