Alcohol Policy
Publications
One of my colleagues enjoys pointing out that many red states, including my home state of Georgia, engage in nanny-state lawmaking and attempt to restrict largely innocuous behavior. While the truth…
From Pacific Research Institute:
We spoke with Dieterle about the debate over AB 5, which he analyzed through his primary work at the R Street Institute. He is also quite the aficionado of…
From America’s Future Foundation:
Another government shutdown threatens to put craft breweries on ice by Christie Pesavento (Summer 2017) in the Washington Times
When the government shut down…
In early December, Christine Riggleman was worried that her taxes would suddenly go up by close to $10,000 per month. Other distillery owners have voiced similar concerns.
Riggleman is the owner…
When the government shut down last December, Americans began to discover just how far the feds’ reach had stretched. From air travel and national park visits to homebuying and mail delivery, people…
Eric Felten, an award-winning drinks writer, recently pointed out a glaring downside to government-run drinks shops:
I heard last week from an intrepid subscriber to the Washington Examiner who had…
From reason:
Jarrett Dieterle, senior fellow at R Street, a public policy organization dedicated to promoting, “free markets and limited, effective government,” notes that while it’s good that…
Since the dawn of the Trump administration, American alcohol makers have seemingly been stuck on a never-ending merry-go-round of escalating tariffs.
First, the administration’s aluminum…
When asked about alcohol sales during the Great Recession, a liquor store owner told me, “When people are happy, they drink. When they are sad, they also drink.” His point was that Americans…
From The Washington Examiner:
“It’s been an incredible growth engine for America,” Jarrett Dieterle, an alcohol policy expert at the free-market think tank R Street Institute, said of the craft…