Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691171157 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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a carefully reasoned approach to a difficult set of problems K. A. Kerr This careful study, clearly written, explores and analyzes the social science literature of alcohol control in the United States since the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. The author explains the social costs of alcohol use and, especially, misuse as scientists have come to understand the subject. Professor Cook examines . SMFC said Taxes that Make Sense. This book was a textbook in one of my wife's college classes. I decided to thumb through it, if for nothing else, casual curiosity. However, once I started reading it, the text drew me in, and I ended up surprising myself by flipping electronic pages until presented the five-star lottery. Cook's analysis is both thoroug. thank you. Very nice. thank you. Very nice.
Cook is professor of public policy and economics at Duke University and former director of the university's Sanford Institute of Public Policy. . His books include Gun Violence, The Winner-Take-All Society, and Selling Hope. Philip J
Young and old, drinkers and abstainers alike, all are affected. In fact, American policymakers have ignored the influence of the supply side of the equation. What drug provides Americans with the greatest pleasure and the greatest pain? The answer, hands down, is alcohol. Paying the Tab makes a powerful case for a policy course correction. Alcohol is too cheap, and it's costing all of us.. Every American is paying for alcohol abuse.Paying the Tab, the first comprehensive analysis of this complex policy issue, calls for broadening our approach to curbing destructive drinking. The pain comes not only from drunk driving and lost lives but als
Much of this mystery--at least in the US context--has recently been dispelled in Paying the Tab, a gem of social science by the Duke University economist Philip Cook. alcohol policy. Draws on history, political philosophy and straight economics to point out that higher alcohol taxes would fit squarely in the American tradition."--David Leonhardt, New York Times"As laws against smoking and drugs become more draconian, the relative regulatory neglect of alcohol remains a mystery. I highly recommend this book to anyone who seeks to understand the ef