Cum Sotwell is about right. (View Post)

Outside NAFTA and the EEA, in terms of economic models, you really just have Australia (relatively unsophisticated commodity-led economy), South Korea (one big industrial policy; Samsung is 20% of th… (View Post)

Northern Ireland: the results see a continuation of the trend in which Sinn Fein scoops up a hegemonic position across nationalism and even the broader “left”. Whereas unionism (overt or otherwise) i… (View Post)

Britain followed NZ in having the most laissez faire approach to industrial policy on earth. It kind of worked in NZ (except that we’ve had a persistent trade deficit, so the country is increasing ow… (View Post)

My more serious point is that Britain has considerable soft power, and since we’ve largely trashed everything else, it’s time to get creative. (View Post)