PROHIBITION FROM USUFRUCT

The Economics of Prohibition The Economics of Prohibition

Did prohibition really work? Alcohol prohibition as a public health innovation.

The conventional view that National Prohibition failed rests upon an historically flimsy base. The successful campaign to enact National Prohibition was the fruit of a century-long temperance campaign, experience of which led prohibitionists to conclude that a nationwide ban on alcohol was the most promising of the many strategies tried thus far. A sharp rise in consumption during the early 20t...

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Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure

National prohibition of alcohol (1920-33)--the "noble experiment"--was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses, and improve health and hygiene in America. The results of that experiment clearly indicate that it was a miserable failure on all counts. The evidence affirms sound economic theory, which predicts that p...

Alcohol Prohibition and Infant Mortality

The merits of alcohol prohibition have been, and continue to be heavily debated. While the net effect of alcohol prohibition on violence is uncertain, one clear potential positive externality to alcohol prohibition is improved health outcomes, through improved prenatal health, reduced domestic violence, and/or higher standards of living. These effects should be especially salient among expectin...