Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Alcohol Minimum Pricing Shelved in Rest of UK
I recently published a piece arguing that the SNP's minimum pricing proposals ran counter to Millian liberalism, since the aim is protect drinkers from themselves (paternalism), rather than to prevent harm to others. At the time the Westminster coalition government were considering following the Scottish lead and introducing minimum pricing in England and Wales. It now seems, however, that this plan has been shelved. Too bad they didn't cite my article as a key driver of policy...
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Interesting post. I enjoyed reading it. Thanks
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