Strange Brew: Alcohol and Government Monopoly

by Glen Whitman and Douglas Glen Whitman

When prohibition ended in 1933, laws were passed that regulated the sale of alcoholic beverages, ostensibly to protect wholesalers from the depredations of suppliers and the public from the ill effects of alcohol. This book examines the monopoly protection laws, also known as franchise termination laws, and how they lock suppliers into government-mandated contracts with alcohol wholesalers that affect consumers by raising prices and reducing the quality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0945999887
• ISBN13: 9780945999881
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Independent Institute
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"