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Brexit Is A Mess—Lessons Learned

Money For the Rest of Us

English - January 23, 2019 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
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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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