The recent lecture was titled: National Sovereignty or EU
Membership: Which is the Least Bad Option? Dr. Gabb introduced an
inspiring alternative to the usual euroscepticism of British free-market
advocates. They consider EU as a socialist, or at least a corporatist, project.
They have focused on its liking for increased levels of tax and regulation, and
its commitment to environmentalist untruths about global warming. There is,
however, an argument against this hostility. The European Union is not, in
itself, a liberal project. But libertarians have tended to assume that, free
from rule by the European Union, the Member States would become more liberal.
This may, in many cases, be an unrealistic assumption. According to Dr. Gabb,
the threat to individual freedom coming from the local interest groups is often
higher than the threat coming from Brussels.
Worrying
thoughts!
