I am convinced ByHiSellLo has a head injury, and believes this is 1809. He is dressed like this today:
80% of jobs in services sector. now 80% of jobs in farming in 1800's economies change. production and consumption. technology etc auto workers will get new jobs in new industries. there was very few IT jobs in the 1970's
people in the 1950's predicted that people will not have to work IN THE FUTURE cause machines will do all the 'work' for us. more leisure time. the farming industry with all it's machinery and automation has required less workers. farming technology has created bigger crops and more yield in the fields==high productivity.
My sister lives in the UK, when I told her its time to move she said, "I like being in a first world country", too which I replied a solvent banking system is a prerequisite of a first world country, sorry the UK no longer qualifies.
I agree about bureaucrats and elites, I know. But about the benefits, it's not that simple. Who buys the products of Germany ? People like me, in Italy and in other euro countries. How could I buy those good quality german products, if I had a debased currency in my pockets ? The relationships are complex. As you know, the benefits from a stable and common currency are multiple and reciprocal. What I appreciate most is the legacy from the Bundesbank. @BuyHiSellLo You said "every few months does a story circulate about them leaving the Euro" The fact that it circulates on british newpapers, doesn't make that story true. Since I'm in Italy, I should know better that you. And frankly, all this huge anti-euro propaganda, is only discrediting your press.
so now that we agree that the UK is doomed and is not a good place to be for the next 5 years, what are the top 3 countries that will do well over the next 5 years?