Brexit Is A Mess—Lessons Learned

#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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