Thanks for an excellent article. I'm not an economist and I get the idea that countries are fooling themselves about free trade but I didn't quite get your take on whether or not you think free trade is a good thing.
This is excellent and will, I hope be, widely read. I have just returned from a week long tour of investor symposia in Germany and Switzerland at which the full pearl-clutching, Tufton-Bufton-esque rage spluttering over the end of civilization-as-we-know-it was on display without so much of a whiff of a mention of the protectionist racket being run at home. Pots and black kettles come to mind, so I enjoyed your deconstruction of the depth of the blackness of the UK's particular pot and am hopeful that you will be applying your analysis to the broader EU anon.
Thanks for an excellent article. I'm not an economist and I get the idea that countries are fooling themselves about free trade but I didn't quite get your take on whether or not you think free trade is a good thing.
This is excellent and will, I hope be, widely read. I have just returned from a week long tour of investor symposia in Germany and Switzerland at which the full pearl-clutching, Tufton-Bufton-esque rage spluttering over the end of civilization-as-we-know-it was on display without so much of a whiff of a mention of the protectionist racket being run at home. Pots and black kettles come to mind, so I enjoyed your deconstruction of the depth of the blackness of the UK's particular pot and am hopeful that you will be applying your analysis to the broader EU anon.
I hope MSM journalists read this and revise their hysterical or delusional output. Not much chance of that, alas.
In any case, haven't there been exchange rate swings in the past that were equivalent to a 10% tariff?
Would love an article on what’s happening to UK farmland, an interesting topic at the moment!!