Brexit, the four freedoms and the indivisibility dogma

The EU's position in the Brexit negotiations is based on the premise that the four freedoms of the single market - goods, capital, services, and labour - are indivisible. Wilhelm Kohler and Gernot Müller (University of Tübingen) argue that this indivisibility claim has no economic foundations, and that negotiating on this premise risks unnecessary harm. Reintroducing trade barriers will inflict damage on both sides ...