Can EU Actors Keep Using Common Law After Brexit?
The widespread use of English law in financial contracts poses yet another set of tricky post-Brexit issues.
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Trip Report for Naked Capitalism London Meetup
Brexit, Corbyn’s brilliant campaign, London real estate, conversations with cab drivers, and more!
Read more...Brexit and the Future of the Irish Border
Why there is no good solution of the Irish border problem in Brexit, and how the Tories’ new buddies, the DUP, have contradictory goals.
Read more...EU Firms Up Brexit Bill Negotiation Position: Ask of €99.6 Billion Gross Liabilities
Some of the finer points of Brexit negotiations come into focus.
Read more...The Fiscal Policy Experience Since the Great Recession
Why fiscal policy measures after the crisis were too weak.
Read more...Exit Polls Show Voters Rejecting May’s Mean-Spirited Message, Tories to Lose Majority (Updated)
UK election polls show Theresa May’s election gamble blew up on her.
Read more...Final UK Election Polls: YouGov Still the Outlier, Predicts Tories Get Only 302 Seats
Conventional wisdoms still pegs the Tories as comfortable winners in today’s election, with the election map working against Labour.
Read more...For ‘Easy Brexit’: May’s ‘No Deal’ Campaign Rhetoric Is Nonsense
If May holds on to her Prime Minister job, her irresponsible Brexit campaign talk may come back to haunt her.
Read more...Despite Wobbles, Theresa May Still Expected to Lead Conservative Win This Week
Despite Theresa May looking at risk in many UK polls, the distribution of seats in play may give the Tories the advantage.
Read more...Theresa May in Election Jitters Caught Lying About Tory Plans to Cut The NHS
Quelle surprise! The Tories are scheming against the NHS!
Read more...Government Austerity Demands That We Die Within Our Means
Theresa May’s plans to intensify austerity are costing her votes. About time.
Read more...International Arbitration Is the Way to Settle the UK’s Brexit Bill
Arbitration would be a good way to resolve the thorniest Brexit issue, of settling the tab. But politics seem to preclude a sensible outcome.
Read more...UK’s Brexit Derangement Becomes More Visible as May Puts Foot in Mouth and Chews
As short seller David Einhorn has said, “No matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse.” I thought I was at risk of being unduly dire in my early readings on Brexit, which was that the two sides have a large gap between their positions and have been talking past each other. Early on, […]
Read more...British Press Hissy Fit Over Predictable EU Move to Relocate Euro-Clearing to the Continent
The UK press reacts with unwarranted indignation to an EU move that was sure to happen.
Read more...More Brexit Miscalculations: UK Can Have Industrial Policy Only With Hard Brexit
The UK government wants industrial policy reforms that are incompatible with EU rules. Those rules would apply save in a hard Brexit.
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