Should Britain Leave the EU?

Patrick Minford, Professor of Applied Economics, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK with Sakshi Gupta, Economist, CRISIL, India, Vo Phuong Mai Le, Lecturer, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK, Vidya Mahambare, Associate Professor of Economics, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India, Yongdeng Xu, Researcher, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK

• Contents: PART I UK COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EU MEMBERSHIP 1. Introduction, The UK’s Relationship to the EU, The Aim of this Book and Policy Conclusions 2. The Costs of EU Regulation 3. The Cost of the Euro 4. The Cost of EU Trade Policies for the UK PART II RECENT TRADE DEVELOPMENTS- FACTS AND ANALYSIS 5. Agriculture 6. Manufactures 7. Services Bibliography Index

‘The policy framework advocated by Minford et al. . . is grounded in economic theory and an incisive empirical analysis of the costs of UK’s membership of the EU. Their thesis that the EU is a political union practising economic protectionism in the guise of gradualism towards free trade makes sense. . . Minford and his associates’ analysis suggests that the EU’s policy framework of free trade for members but restrictions on trade of non-members with the EU countries is a second best policy adopted to promote political rather than economic objectives.’