"There is a vast literature on the illicit drugs, a large
literature on nicotine, and nothing up-to-date and authoritative on
the second most deadly, and arguably the most damaging, alcohol.
Phil Cook, with a modesty and understatement that inspire trust,
explores the options for reducing the harms, allowing the benefits,
and respecting personal liberty. This is a masterly combination of
analysis and evidence. It is also beautifully written."--Thomas C.
Schelling, Nobel Prize-winning economist
"The war on tobacco was won: the harms were recognized and
measures taken to reduce them. In this compelling book, Philip Cook
shows that the war on alcohol, too, can be won if policymakers act
on the overwhelming and converging evidence that simple measures
can reduce the short-term and long-term harms caused by drinking.
He brings order to a highly complicated set of causal issues by
telling us what may be true, what is probably true, and what is
indisputably true; and he shows how large gains can be made simply
by taking account of the last set of facts."--Jon Elster, Columbia
University
"This book contains the most thorough and penetrating analysis
of alcohol-control policy to date. It is certain to become a
landmark in the fields of health, economic, and public policy. It
is a tour de force of virtually every aspect required to formulate
sound policy in this crucial area. Bravo!"--Michael Grossman, City
University of New York Graduate Center
"No previous book has brought alcohol policy issues together as
comprehensively and set them in context as effectively as this one
does. Perhaps most impressive is its author's ability to
incorporate research from many fields and to translatethis evidence
and the evidence from his original analyses into a book that is
both highly readable and accessible to a wide audience--an audience
ranging from policy researchers and policymakers to public health
professionals, historians, economists, and general readers."--Frank
J. Chaloupka, University of Illinois, Chicago, and director of
ImpacTeen
""Paying the Tab" is unequivocally a major contribution to the
field. Fully covering issues on both the supply and demand side of
the market, with a wealth of new data, it provides the most
comprehensive discussion of alcohol control that I am aware of.
Economists will benefit tremendously from its presentation of the
context for our current approach to the issue, and noneconomists
will welcome the clear yet complete exposition of the methods used
by economists to evaluate public policy."--Sara Markowitz, Rutgers
University
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