Why Brexit is a chance to fix the UK economy’s long-term problems

Growth rate since joining EEC in 1973 has been slower than in decades before entry

A new era has begun for the UK. As the outgoing governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, noted this week, Britain has entered a decade of potentially profound structural change.

Those who mourn Britain's departure from the EU are sure this fundamental change is going to be painful and detrimental. But there are those who see Brexit as an opportunity not a threat.

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Does 31 January change anything?