He argues that the rest of the United Kingdom could adopt policies which could have a deleterious impact on its own macroeconomic growth, such as
harsh immigration controls and exit from the European Union.
Major forces within the Republican Party have recently supported more corporate power (privatisations, lower taxes, etc.) and a restrictive government (invasive privacy rights,
harsher sentences, Patriot act, stricter
control on border and
immigration, etc.).