Intemperate Spirits Economic Adaptation during Prohibition /

• Main Author: Kassens, Alice Louise (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic history.; United States-History.; Economic policy.; Economic History.; US History.; Economic Policy.

Using the basic economic principle of making decisions using a cost-benefit framework-and how changes in one or the other can result in a different decision-this book uncovers how various groups responded to incentives provided by the Prohibition legislation. Using this calculus, it is clear that ev...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Targets
• 3. Violators
• 4. Line Tip-Toers
• 5. Enablers & Hypocrites
• 6. Conclusion.