It's hard to reason about the economic consequences of secession with a comparison to Quebec, because Quebec didn't secede. The point of the article is that wi

It's hard to reason about the economic consequences of secession with a comparison to Quebec, because Quebec didn't secede. The point of the article is that without its own currency, Scotland could not hope to match Canada's success as an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Especially in light of Europe's experience after the 2008 collapse, it's nuts to think you can share a currency without sharing a government.