Prohibition and the Pandemic

Argues pandemic-era prohibition measures backfire, enabling black markets and harming workers and tax bases.

Classical liberalalcohol policyblack marketscovid 19 restrictionsprohibitionpublic choiceregulatory capture

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• Institute of Economic Affairs · 2020-06-02

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