5 Reasons Americans Should Care About the Brexit Vote

At first blush, Britain's vote next week whether to leave the European Union may not seem like a big deal, especially to folks on this side of the pond.

After all, we're talking about just one European country—whose economy is only slightly bigger than California's—thinking about ending a partnership with other European nations, right? And Britain never fully embraced that partnership in the first place, as evidenced by its refusal to adopt the euro.