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Does British economic policy have a future?
Author(s) -
Hindley Brian
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00002
Subject(s) - proposition , economics , economic policy , economy , political economy , political science , development economics , epistemology , philosophy
It is frequently claimed that Britain's withdrawal from the EU would be tantamount to national economic suicide. The paper examines that proposition by assessing the costs and benefits of EU membership, concluding that the net effect of withdrawal on the British economy would be small‐certainly not large enough to stop British governments standing up for British interests in Europe.