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Originally Posted by Hugh
Yes, I do trust his ability to make economic decisions - but I also understand trying to manage a national economy in a world still recovering from the Banking Crisis, the refugee crisis, and fluctuating oil prices, is not as simple as some would like to make out/believe. Economics is not binary, no matter how many times you try to convince everyone it is - there are many conflicting theories and views on the best way forward, and they are based on people's beliefs and experiences; that's why Economics is regarded as a "soft science", rather than a hard one.
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Although you're right there is no hard science about it does the sheer amount of economists and organisations backing Remain make a difference to you? Or do you think that it might be a case of everyone converging to the perceived 'safe' option rather than risk speaking out?
I can understand why people don't believe the government, that the CBI is only interest in their members, that the IMF simply want to avoid more uncertainty and that the American President is only interested in American-interests but I could keep going on with this list. Even Bill Gates, no fan of the EU after Microsoft's run-ins with them, thinks the
benefits outweigh the costs. There are a lot of people here that have to be wrong.
This argument does risk being an appeal to authority rather than a convincing argument by itself but I do find it hard to believe they're all incorrect and Vote Leave are not.
Maybe if Vote Leave were more open that the benefits of sovereignty outweighs the costs but whilst they're saying that we'll do better out of the EU and almost everyone else is saying "No" then they lack credibility.