Japan Throws Spanner into Brexit Negotiations
Multinationals just weighted in on the Brexit talks, in the form of a letter from Japan’s government.
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Brexit Delusion Rises Even Further: City Pumping for Presumptuous, Nightmarish-to-Negotiate “Swiss Plus” Plan
The Brexit fantasies get even bigger as the City pumps for a na ga happen “Swiss plus” plan.
Read more...Brexit – A View from North of the Border
The result of the referendum seems to have little to do with the economic benefits or otherwise of EU membership. They seem to have been driven more by issues of sovereignty and a negative reaction to the Westminster ‘establishment’. Nonetheless, the implications of the UK’s trading relationships post-Brexit are important. A central issue is whether ideology or pragmatism will emerge triumphant from the negotiations that will soon begin between the UK Government and the EU.
Read more...Brexit: This Backlash Has Been a Long Time Coming
After the Brexit vote, it is obvious to many that globalisation in general, and European integration in particular, can leave people behind – and that ignoring this for long enough can have severe political consequences. This column argues that this fact has long been obvious. As the historical record demonstrates plainly and repeatedly, too much market and too little state invites a backlash. Markets and states are political complements, not substitutes
Read more...Lousy Experts: Looking Back at the Ex Ante Estimates of the Costs of Brexit
An economist contends that economists do not bear much responsibility for the Brexit vote.
Read more...Brexit Realism: Maybe Voters Were Not Dumb
By David Miles, Imperial College Business School. Originally published as a chapter in the VoxEU ebook, Brexit Beckons: Thinking ahead by leading economists, available to download free of charge To some, the Brexit referendum was a failure by economists to persuade UK voters that leaving the EU would entail major economic costs. This column argues […]
Read more...Scotland Disses Theresa May by Reviving Anti-Inequality Law She Loathes
Another min-joust between the UK and Scotland, this on an innovative anti-inequality stipulation.
Read more...EU Gives UK a Brexit Poke in the Eye by Appointing Michel Barnier, Nemesis of the City, as Key Negotiator
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker achieved a significant win by appointing Michel Barnier as a lead Brexit negotiator.
Read more...TaxCast on Panama Papers and Brexit
The latest Tax Justice network podcast covers some hot topics, including key journalist accounts on the Panama Papers.
Read more...Another Nail in the Brexit Fantasy Coffin: Germany’s Car Makers Are Not Cowed
More evidence that the idea that the UK would have a negotiating advantage in Brexit talks is not well founded.
Read more...What Next for the EU?
An informative, high-level overview of how the EU got to where it is now, its internal contradictions, and the prospects for resolving them.
Read more...More Doubts About Brexit Fantasies
The UK still appears to be ignoring the EU’s negotiating boundaries on Brexit.
Read more...Is Brexit Moment a Lehman Moment? Fear Factor in Financial Crises
Comparing the market reaction to Brexit with key events during the crisis.
Read more...Deutsche Bank Chief Economist Joins SocGen Chairman in Trying to Foment Banking Crisis to Get Germany, Brussels to Blink
Why bank executives are stoking a banking crisis.
Read more...The UK Vote to Leave European Union
A judicious, high level overview of the Brexit vote and its implications, the big one being that it moves Britain to the right.
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