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BL
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862667
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Kassens, Alice Louise
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| Title & Author
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Intemperate spirits : : economic adaptation during prohibition /\ Alice Louise Kassens.
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| Publication Statement
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Cham, Switzerland :: Palgrave Macmillan,, [2019]
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, ©2019
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| Series Statement
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Palgrave pivot
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| Page. NO
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xiii, 165 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 22 cm.
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| ISBN
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3030253279
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: 9783030253271
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9783030253288
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Targets -- Violators -- Line tip-toers -- Enablers and hypocrites -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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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 even criminals are rational characters, responding to incentives and opportunities provided by the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act. The book begins with a broad look at the adaptations of the law's targets: the wine, beer, and liquor industries. It then turns to specific people (Violators, Line Tip-Toers, Enablers, and Hypocrites), sharing their stories of economic adaptation to bring economic lessons to life. Due to its own structure, the book can be read in parts or as a whole and is suitable for short classroom reading assignments or individual pleasure reading.
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Economics-- Decision making.
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Economics-- United States-- Psychological aspects.
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Prohibition-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Economic history.
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Economics-- Decision making.
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Economics-- Psychological aspects.
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Prohibition-- Economic aspects.
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United States, Economic conditions, 1918-1945.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.9730916
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| LC Classification
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HV5089.K37 2019
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