The Time Canada ALMOST Split Into Two (Possibly Three)
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in constitutional political economy, economic history, International law, Public Choice Tags: Canada, economics of succession
The struggles for independence and the impact of redrawing borders | The Economist
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in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, income redistribution, International law, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: economics of borders, economics of colonialism, economics of succession, maps
An opportunity lost – to expel #WesternAustralia from the rest of Australia and seal the border
11 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Australia, economics of borders, economics of succession, Scotland, self-determination, succession movements, Western Australia
Western Australian secessionists, in common with Scottish nationalists, really do like to dictate the terms of their succession which always includes an open border and a generous financial settlement regarding division of federal government debts.
How arrogant. Why should parting be sweet? If you do not want us, why should we want you. If you want to find your own destiny, you can find it good and hard.

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