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.For show notes and more information on this episode click here.[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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.