Bar Talk: Informal Social Networks, Alcohol Prohibition, and Invention

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2023-08-02

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Andrews, Michael. “Bar Talk: Informal Social Networks, Alcohol Prohibition, and Invention." Cato Institute. August 2, 2023. https://www.cato.org/research-briefs-economic-policy/bar-talk-informal-social-networks-alcohol-prohibition-invention.

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While alcohol prohibition is unlikely to be resurrected as a policy today, the results in this study contain broad lessons about the consequences of disrupting social networks that are relevant to our experience with the pandemic and beyond.