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In reply to the discussion: I can't help but think all of the angst over the UK/EU referendum is a bit overblown [View all]libtodeath
(2,888 posts)4. It signals a recreation of a nationalistic Europe and all the problems that led to WWII rising again
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I can't help but think all of the angst over the UK/EU referendum is a bit overblown [View all]
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
OP
One would think that after all this time economists would have gotten something right, huh?
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2016
#24
ofcourse problems get more complex. we live in a complex where everyday we add more and more
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2016
#34
Just cos he refutes sanders arguments doesn't make him wrong or thin skinned
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2016
#33
It signals a recreation of a nationalistic Europe and all the problems that led to WWII rising again
libtodeath
Jun 2016
#4
The basic outcome is that Britons will be poorer, which is going to be pretty bad for the world
Recursion
Jun 2016
#8
Why would they be poorer? Are the people who consume British goods and services suddenly
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#9
Consumer demand on either side hasn't changed. Is the EU going to impose an embargo?
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#14
There is nothing so unique to British goods that cannot be replicated in the rest of Europe
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2016
#16
Why would that happen? Those making these predictions are speaking for a very diverse
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#17
There was an OP last night about how the Brits should be made to suffer for their impertinence.
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2016
#25
Forget trade for a moment, what about the subsidies the U.K. received from the EU?
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#29
It won't stay that way. People act as if this is the final round and we have to compare scores.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#18
If Brexit stands, I think it will be a long time before Britain recovers, if it ever does.
randome
Jun 2016
#19
The EU is little more than a giant currency manipulation scheme. It's nothing
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#22