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Free to Booze: Celebrating the Repeal of Prohibition

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Asheesh Agarwal - Asheesh Agarwal is a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice. Before that, he served as Assistant Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning.

Brandon Arnold - Before joining Cato in 2005 as director of government affairs, Arnold served as manager of external affairs in Maryland governor Robert Ehrlich's energy office. As such, he coordinated energy policy and legislative initiatives for the agency and testified before several committees of the Maryland General Assembly. Arnold has also worked as a senior legislative aide to Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., as a policy analyst for Citizens for a Sound Economy, and as a research analyst for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Arnold holds a B.A. in Political Science and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Radley Balko - Balko is senior editor at Reason magazine. Previously, he was a policy analyst for the Cato Institute, specializing in vice and civil liberties issues. He writes on drug policy, police misconduct, obesity, alcohol and tobacco, and civil liberties. He also writes on trade and globalization issues and more generally on politics and culture. He is also a biweekly columnist for Fox News. His work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, TIME magazine, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, Reason, Worth magazine, Canada's National Post, and the Chicago Sun-Times. He blogs at The Agitator, his personal weblog, and for Reason's Hit and Run. He has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC, and National Public Radio.

Michael A. Lerner - Michael A. Lerner is Associate Dean of Studies at Bard High School Early College in New York City. He is the author of Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City.

Glen Whitman - Glen Whitman is an Associate Professor of Economics at California State University, Northridge and author of Strange Brew: Alcohol and Government Monopoly.

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01.: Michael Lerner Introduction

02 min 39 sec

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02.: The Dull History of Repeal Day

03 min 34 sec

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03.: Looking Back on Prohibition

02 min 49 sec

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04.: The Roots of Prohibition

03 min 32 sec

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05.: How Prohibition was Passed

04 min 38 sec

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06.: The Unintended Consequences of Prohibition

05 min 31 sec

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07.: Getting Prohibition Repealed

03 min 54 sec

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08.: Prohibition

02 min 17 sec

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09.: Q

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10.: Q1: Drinking Laws Under Prohibition

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11.: Q2: The Danger of Lobbyists

01 min 47 sec

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12.: Q3: Financial Motivations for Repealing Prohibition

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13.: Q4: Prohibition and the Expansion of Federal Powers

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14.: Q5: Legalizing Beer During Prohibition

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15.: Q6:

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16.: Q7: State and Local Restrictions on Alcohol

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17.: Panel Introduction

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18.: Glen Whitman: Alcohol Regulation After Prohibition

02 min 42 sec

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19.: Creating a Three-Tiered System of Alcohol Distribution

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20.: Problems with the Three-Tiered System

03 min 52 sec

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21.: Monopolization in Alcohol Distribution

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22.: Reforming Alcohol Regulation

04 min 20 sec

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23.: Asheesh Agarwal: The Rise of Direct Shipping of Wine

03 min 28 sec

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24.: The Benefits of Direct Shipping

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25.: Debunking Arguments Against Direct Shipping

02 min 45 sec

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26.: The Supreme Court

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27.: Working Around the Supreme Court

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28.: Regulating Direct Shipping in Other Industries

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29.: Radley Balko: The New Fight Against Alcohol

02 min 29 sec

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30.: Using Underage Drinking as an Excuse to Regulate Alcohol

06 min 28 sec

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31.: Using Drunk Driving as an Excuse to Regulate Alcohol

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32.: Absurd Drunk Driving Laws

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33.: Overstating the Dangers of Alcohol

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34.: Q

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35.: Q1: Freedom and Prohibition

01 min 54 sec

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36.: Q2: The Health Benefits of Alcohol

01 min 21 sec

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37.: Q3: Overblown Fears About the Effects of Alcohol Impairment

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Michael Lerner: WWI Made Prohibition Patriotic

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Is the Alcohol Distribution System in the US Flawed?

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Are Blanket Proposals Leading to 'Neo-Prohibition' in US?

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Partner:: Cato Institute
Location:: Cato Institute
Washington, D.C.
Event Date:: 12.05.08
Speakers:: Asheesh Agarwal,; Brandon Arnold,; Radley Balko,; Michael A. Lerner,; Glen Whitman

Summary: On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, thus ending our nation’s failed experiment with Prohibition. Organized crime flourished during Prohibition, but what were the other effects of the national ban on alcohol?

How and why was it repealed? Michael A. Lerner, author of Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City presents the history of Prohibition, and a panel featuring Glen Whitman, Asheesh Agarwal, and Radley Balko discuss Prohibition's lasting impact - Cato Institute

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Posted: 01.07.09, 07:01 PM

The problem with the distribution system is that only one distributor can carry one brand. Take Miller Lite, Miller Lite is only going to sign with one distributor in a region.

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