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Former BoE chief Lord King says UK should quit Single Market |
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But Britain has had enough of experts.
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He came to my University once, and was waffling on (as he does now) about how the euro was bad because the euro zone was too disparate
I asked him why he thought a single currency was good for the UK then, given the differences between North Wales and London, say, and he waffled something about 'the UK being the optimal size for such a thing' ( I do not recall the exact words). I then asked him about the United States and the US dollar, or Brazil and the real, or India and the rupeeh, and he started getting visibly annoyed ![]() I am sure Lord King will be fine no matter what happens, dear Brexiters. Not so sure about anyone else though. ps: he is widely held as the worst Governor the bank ever had
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King sits on a big, fat pension and Lordship after having promoted the very policies he is now criticizing. Hypocrisy oozes out of him. |
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I would say exactly the same sbout those who voted for Brexit, with the addition that they were also taken in by a mess of lies, bigotry and spin.
![]() I too am aware of ignorance on the Brexit side. However there is what I see as the "thinking Brexiter". I don't see this quite so much on the remain side. In fact I think there is a fundamental dishonesty amongst Leading Remainers who seldom if ever present the honest argument in favour of the EU. Such an argument has to be essentially federalist, centralist, arguing in favour of government by a benign but essentially appointed commission and so on. Instead, the remain argument focuses on the supposed dire economic arguments of our leaving. I think one should be deeply suspiscious of a view that fails to argue the positives whilst appearing to depend on emphasising the negatives. |
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51 states bound by one currency and Free Movement of people, it's a project doomed to failure.
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51 states bound by one currency and Free Movement of people, it's a project doomed to failure.
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The USA is a federal state with a directly elected federal government in which most of its citizens feel some common identity. It works in ways that the EU doesn't.
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King was one of the 4 people responsible for the 2008 financial crash
Along with Alan Greenspan, Gordon Brown and Bill Clinton https://www.theguardian.com/business...reat-recession |
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It also came about in the way the EU didn't. It happened as a result of episodes of violence and suppression over many years. There is no real comparison.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38421769
Interesting that such an expert and establishment figure is going against the tide here. |
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The USA is a federal state with a directly elected federal government in which most of its citizens feel some common identity. It works in ways that the EU doesn't.
Yet America with one currency & free movement of people manages to be extremely successful. China is said to exercise jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions, which has a single currency for a population of 1.4bn....which is expected to overtake America by 2025. India a population of 1.2bn and again a single currency. |
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That sounds like an excuse...admit it's 51 states that came together after a civil war, which began with a small number of states wanting out fearing they were losing their representation. Sounds familiar.
Yet America with one currency & free movement of people manages to be extremely successful. China is said to exercise jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions, which has a single currency for a population of 1.4bn....which is expected to overtake America by 2025. India a population of 1.2bn and again a single currency. In some ways free movement is a different but related matter. In reality the migration of people and capital occurs and cause problems in federal states in exactly the same way that it has occured in the EU, it's just that we don't think of it that way. In principle of course federal governments, because they have overall responsibility, can and do transfer wealth to poor regions. On the other hand in the EU the member national governments remain responsible for national economic policies, employment etc. But their hands are tied because they do not have control of their economies. It's a mess basically. |
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There was a widespread international agreement to reduce banking and other controls in 1996, under the Conservative government, with the purpose of creating a globalist market.
And each country had flexibility in its implementation I implemented Basel II in an Australian Bank Not every country went down the gurgler like the UK |
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If you are referring to the Basel II accord that had nothing no to do with the EU
And each country had flexibility in its implementation I implemented Basel II in an Australian Bank Not every country went down the gurgler like the UK |
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I wasn't referring particularly to any of the Basel accords, though they played a part in what happened. It was a decision taken by world banking in 1996, with full backing of national governments, all in the name of globalism.
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Former BoE chief Lord King says UK should quit Single Market
Such is the desperation of Leave voters that they will quote any isolated outlying opinion, such as Professor Laurent Boiseau who holds the Professorship of Economic Illiteracy at East Donkeystan University, even if that opinion represents only 1% of current economic thinking. It is just yet more gross self delusion and denial of economic actuality. |
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