Glen Whitman

About The Author

Douglas Glen Whitman is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Associate Professor of Economics at California State University at Northridge. He received his Ph.D. in economics from New York University and has taught at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. His research areas of specialty include applied microeconomics, economic analysis of law, and game theory. Professor Whitman is a trustee of the American Parliamentary Debate Association, and his articles have appeared in such scholarly journals as Journal of Legal StudiesCritical Review, and Constitutional Political Economy.

Books by Glen Whitman

Strange Brew

Alcohol and Government Monopoly

After Prohibition ended in 1933, many states passed laws regulating the sale of alcoholic beverages, now known as Franchise Termination Laws. Ostensibly intended to protect wholesalers from shady suppliers, and the public from the harmful effects of alcohol, these laws in fact created governme...
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