Five Brexit economic myths

Eurosceptics peddle a raft of myths about the economic costs of EU membership. These have little, if any, empirical basis, but Brexiters cling to them doggedly, however many times they are refuted by proper academic research. These myths form a kind of comfort blanket: Brexiters argue that the simple act of quitting the EU would inject oxygen into a suffocated British economy, in the process addressing a whole raft of complex social and economic problems

ESO: Background information: Economic and financial costs and benefits of the UK's EU membership http://www.europeansources.info/record/economic-and-financial-costs-and-benefits-of-the-uks-eu-membership/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

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