Small countries do not have to be in a union . New Zealand has the same GDP per capita as the UK and unemployment rate.
What they have to be is associated very closely with bigger counties (Australia) or in a Union.
Norway, Iceland and Switzerland - the same is true.
There is no escaping from globalisation.
Eventually we will be citizens of the earth - Earthlings.
It will happen because that is the direction were heading.
Clearly, as a graduate I would like to work in the USA or Canada, or Chile or whereever, no strings attached.
The new EU treaty with the USA (due to happen 2018) will allow free trade and more free movement.
It is happening. If we pull out, bang goes your job in New York