Meta-contrarian: the Depression didn't have squat to do with it, Prohibition was unpopular and why FDR won in a landslide, as revealed by recently unearthed polling surveys: "The American Voter in 1932: Evidence from a Confidential Survey" https://www.gwern.net/docs/history/2018-norpoth.pdf … , Norporth 2018.
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Guess it depends on definition of “worked”; if includes significant spike in homicide rate then sure. The author’s contention that prohibition isn’t responsible for rise of organized crime bc it didn’t immediately go away after repeal is laughable. Can’t put genie back in bottle
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Also, article seems a bit short on graphs of alcohol consumption. My understanding is it was already declining pre-prohibition, then dropped off in the immediate aftermath, then recovered to 60-70% of pre-prohibition levels as black/grey markets developed. http://www.nber.org/papers/w3675
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No it didn't, it only halved alcohol consumption but it was still far from stopping it.
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