Beyond Brexit: A Positive Vision for a Successful Post-Brexit Economy
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In an historic referendum in June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. We voted for Brexit. The Leavers have celebrated. The Remainers have had plenty of opportunity to complain about the result. Now, however, it's time we all pulled together to build a successful post-Brexit economy. And this book is a straight-talking, economically-literate and unashamedly patriotic guide to how that success can be achieved.
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Beyond Brexit - Robert Jameson
Introduction
In a nationwide referendum in June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted, albeit by a fairly narrow margin, to leave the European Union. Subsequently, the UK government has triggered Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union - formally starting the procedure for withdrawing from the EU.
Now, it is fair to say that not everyone in the UK is happy that we are leaving the EU. And whilst the referendum campaigns were in progress, there were a lot of people on the Remain side who predicted that disastrous economic consequences would follow hot on the heels of a victory for the Leave campaign. Some predicted an immediate and devastating recession. Some predicted a financial crisis and a collapse in business confidence. The pro-Remain government at the time warned that an emergency budget - probably with numerous tax hikes and spending cuts - would be necessary.
Such dire consequences largely failed to materialise. The doomsayers got it wrong. Not only was there no crisis and no recession, but growth rates were soon being revised upwards, unemployment continued to fall and the stock market soon hit record levels. The economy appeared to be not just resilient, but remarkably buoyant.
But, of course, we haven't actually left the EU yet - so the decision to leave the EU could, of course, still turn out badly in the end. And some UK 'Remain' politicians and their supporters still seem to think it will. They still seem to view the referendum result as nothing less than a disaster - one that will inevitably turn out very badly for us, in terms of our future economic performance.
Well, what I say is this: I can't be certain that the UK will make a success of Brexit, but no matter what the doomsayers claim, failure is not inevitable - and I wish those doomsayers would stop talking as if it is. It sometimes seems as if some of them actually want the UK economy to fail, just so they can claim to have been right all along.
But the truth of the situation is this: Whilst Brexit will inevitably bring difficulties of various kinds, it also brings great opportunities.
Not only can Britain avoid any sort of collapse. With some careful thought and the right attitude, we can thrive. If we have confidence in ourselves and if we use our brains, the UK, post-Brexit, can be a successful economy. It can, if we put our minds to it, be much more successful outside the EU, than it ever was inside the EU. And whichever side you backed in the referendum, if you are a patriotic Brit, you should want the UK to be successful and you should want to do your bit to help make it successful.
And this book sets out a case for how that success can be achieved - a positive, economically-literate vision for a successful post-Brexit economy.
Whether you voted to leave or voted to remain, if you want to see a more successful and more prosperous United Kingdom, please read this book to see how that goal can be achieved.
We are the greatest country in the history of the world. And we're not finished yet! Let's show the world what we're made of!
A Question of Scope
Before we examine the opportunities of Brexit and possible formulas for future economic success, I ask you to consider a simple question: How successful, economically, do you think we've been up until now?
What I mean is: In many respects, we've certainly come a very long way since the beginnings of modern civilisation. Over the centuries, we've widened our knowledge, developed new technologies and learnt how to organise ourselves more effectively - so that, with modern production techniques, our productive capabilities are exponentially greater than they were just a few centuries ago. We are more than capable of providing for our essential needs, whilst also providing a veritable bounty of luxuries as well. But how much scope, approximately, do we still have for further improvement? In the grand scheme of things, just what sort of efficiency level do you think we are running at?
In other words, if we made optimal use of our resources and of the technology currently available to us and didn't waste any of our resources or potential at all, we might be said to be operating at 100% efficiency. Obviously, we aren't anywhere near perfect and we don't make optimum use of our resources and technology -