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Was Brexit a vote against globalization?

A worker adjusts a 150 metre-square European flag during a celebration in Brussels' Jubilee Park to mark the expansion of the European Union to 25 from 15 states on April 30, 2004. Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia will join the European Union on May 1.

The campaign slogan, "Let's take back control", seems to have been particularly resonant for many voters. Image: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Diane Coyle
Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge
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