[gonvaled]

The recession has hit the Whole world, not just the EU. countries outside the EU also have inequality problems, arguably more so.

You have decided to leave beleaving that being independent will improve your chances of facing global problems: globalization, immigratiin, inequality, tidal movements in the labor market due to technology disruption ... It is not a given that global problems can be better confronted by withdrawing from international organizations. Time will tell.

But even if you happen to ne succesful in that front, the political damage, for the UK and the EU is huge. The EU is much more than a market, and the UK is about to realize about it.

[Chris2048]

You can focus on global problems if you like, there is no guarantee the EU will help there, you've cherry-picked your concerns: what about non-global problems, what about global opportunities?