Recent content by LeveragedBuyout

The United States wouldn't exist without French patriots like Lafayette. Boston doesn't forget: THE LAFAYETTE MALL THIS MALL NAMED IN HONOR OF MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE DISTINGUISHED FRENCH SOLDIER MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AN ILLUSTRIOUS PATRIOT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION...

The vast majority of my post sourced data (sources--heard of it? data--heard of it?) from Eurostat, the official statistics office of the EU. Your reply: Biased, inaccurate, etc. It sounds like you have no confidence in your own institutions, so perhaps you should consider your own exit from...

EU members are in denial. The EU has not been a significant benefit to the UK: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Intra-EU_trade_in_goods_-_recent_trends Table 1: Exports of goods to other Member State, 2002 and 2013 (EUR 1 000 million) - Source: Eurostat (TET00039)...

You have cut to the heart of the matter. While the proximal cause of Brexit was the issue of immigration, or the British financial contribution to the EU, or the democratic deficit of Brussels-imposed laws, the overarching theme has always been that the British outlook and the Continental...

Memory is failing. My username on AMF is "Strategist," not "Capitalist." Apologies, but I just don't visit that often.

"Capitalist" (LeveragedBuyout was rejected as too long). But I visit only infrequently.

It sounds similar enough to the US system (the old system) that I would be favorably inclined towards exploring it as an option for the US. However, the paragraph at the bottom explaining that the French healthcare system is also experiencing financial difficulties leads me to believe that it...

Hi @xenon54 , it's been a while. I never quite left (I was still lurking), but I have been shamed into participating again with the TTA elevation. Soon the PDF staff will realize their mistake and demote me, but in the interim, I feel a sense of obligation to contribute constructively to...

To be honest, I produced that option off the cuff, and have not read of anyone else proposing it. I don't know how the British would receive such an idea, but superficially, it checks the boxes: free trade without the immigration or slush-fund payments. And it helps that we already share a...

It's possible that the UK will choose a route similar to the Norwegians or Swiss, which gives them access but also forces them to pay a price. Or the UK can be a bit more clever and pursue other options, such as negotiating entry to NAFTA, a much larger market than the EU, and potentially...

The EU has no choice but to negotiate a favorable treaty with the UK, to ensure that trade flows remain smooth. http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/gbr/ $420bn of imports from Europe, with Germany alone accounting for $100bn. Everyone who thinks that the EU will engage in a...