Structured properly, the new Nobel-embraced alcohol tax, should leave Bainbridge alone, right? Clearly, as economists they will understand that a properly focused taxation regime is the best model and will therefore target cheap beer in cans, wine coolers and flavored vodka instead of the good stuff that Bainbridge likes to drink. In potentially reducing the market for this stuff, maybe there's a public good in there after all.
Or maybe I'm just being snarkily optimistic.
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