This vision was undoubtedly appealing to many Scots. But it proved significantly less compelling than the economic doomsday scenarios advanced by its unionist opponents, including former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, former World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.
No cabe duda de que esa concepción atraía a muchos escoceses, pero demostró ser en gran medida menos convincente que las hipótesis económicas catastróficas planteadas por sus oponentes unionistas, incluidos el ex Presidente de la Reserva Federal de los Estados Unidos Alan Greenspan, el ex Presidente del Banco Mundial Robert Zoellick y el ministro de Hacienda, George Osborne.