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Brexit Is A Mess—Lessons Learned

2019/1/23
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#237 What can we learn from the difficulties the UK is having in negotiating an exit from the European Union. What happens next? Why there is always a conflict between globalization and national sovereignty.  Thanks to LinkedIn), Blinkist) and The Great Courses Plus) for sponsoring the episode.

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  • [0:32] Update on Brexit since the British Parliament Vote.
  • [1:20] Basic Principles of Brexit.
  • [3:58] The problem of the Irish border.
  • [10:35] Debate over the withdrawal agreement leads to the current refusal of the deal.
  • [12:49] Brexit Lesson One: long-held agreements are hard to break.
  • [15:08] Brexit Lesson Two: choosing government sovereignty or globalization
  • [22:08] Economic Unions will always be fraught with conflict.

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