Sunday, June 21, 2026

Brexit - Ten Year Later

The U.K. Is Still Counting the Cost of Brexit, 10 Years After the Vote
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/business/brexit-uk-economy.html
Citing lower trade and investment, analysts broadly agree that Britain’s economy is smaller than it would have been if the country had stayed in the E.U. 


Rejoining the EU is no panacea
https://www.ft.com/content/c5db4c04-0db7-4eec-a671-c022ad4b5025
Reversing Brexit would sidetrack UK parliament from pursuing more impactful growth reforms.
 
The Economic Impact of Brexit
https://www.nber.org/papers/w34459
 
How Britain, Europe and the West Were Changed by Brexit
https://youtu.be/fH316IurFQE 

Was Brexit Inevitable?
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/brexit-breakdown-western-postwar-liberal-order-by-fabrizio-tassinari-2026-06
If counterfactual history is motivated by a refusal to accept what many have deemed inevitable, it is newly relevant now that the West is marking the tenth anniversary of the Brexit referendum. Even if Britain's fateful choice was caused by deeper structural and historical forces, that does not justify fatalism.