Tennessee recently passed a law limiting any company from owning more than two liquor-store licenses. Why? Well, current holders of liquor licenses don’t want out-of-state grocery chains to enter the market and, gasp, sell more brands of liquor at lowerContinue readingThe 21st Amendment Continues to Choke the Drinks Trade
Colorado loves its drinks. It is the home of Stranahan’s whiskey and great microbrews too numerous to list. The Rocky Mountain State also is the home of the Great American Beer Festival, which began in 1982 and draws tens ofContinue readingNasty Politics May Kill Drinks Reform In Colorado
It seems like every month, I get an email or two from strangers asking me the same question. They read something like this: “Hi. My elderly father died, and when I was cleaning out his house to get it readyContinue readingLet’s Free the Antique Alcohol Market
Governments have a habit of issuing debt and giving tax breaks to businesses. ‘We’re luring jobs and growing the economy,’ they claim. All-too-often, governments make bad deals that amount to massive giveaways that largely or entirely obliterate whatever positive economic effects theyContinue readingGovernments Put Taxpayers On the Hook for Micro Breweries
The more one examines the ideas of the American Prohibitionists of a century ago, the more one is driven to conclude that they were arrogant, self-righteous twits who were horrible at communicating with those who did not share their extreme beliefs.