National Prohibition Summary
John C. Anyanwu Jr.
10/23/2011
National Alcohol Prohibition Wayne Hall’s article on the policy lessons of National Alcohol Prohibition in the United States, 1920–1933 starts off by implying that national prohibition on alcohol was a failure. “National alcohol prohibition in the United States between 1920 and 1933 is believed widely to have been a misguided and failed social experiment that made alcohol problems worse by encouraging drinks to switch to spirits and created a large black market for alcohol supplied by organized crime.” (Hall, 1164). Hall is indicating the fact that most individuals believe that it made everything worse but he then goes on later in the article to contradict himself by saying maybe it was not a complete failure. …show more content…
Hall tries to illustrate to the readers the views of both sides as to why the prohibition was not a completely failure and also why it was not a complete success. Hall took note of factors such as health, crime rate, respect for the law, the economy and he explains the adverse effects of these factors and subsequently their connection to national prohibition. Hall argues for the positives of national prohibitions when he states that “some have argued that alcohol prohibition, if …show more content…
In this scenario, the overall good outweighs the overall bad effects of national prohibition. Through the article, the takes the reader on a journey by dissecting national alcohol prohibition; what it is, the aims of NP, enforcement, national views and impacts of national prohibition. To Hall, for every positive, there was also a negative. He was not a biased author in that he gave the audience both sides of the pyramid and leaves it up to the audience to decide for themselves if the national prohibition was actually a bad thing or not. He basically played the middle man and gives the audience the liberty and freedom of our minds to wander and make the decision
10/23/2011
National Alcohol Prohibition Wayne Hall’s article on the policy lessons of National Alcohol Prohibition in the United States, 1920–1933 starts off by implying that national prohibition on alcohol was a failure. “National alcohol prohibition in the United States between 1920 and 1933 is believed widely to have been a misguided and failed social experiment that made alcohol problems worse by encouraging drinks to switch to spirits and created a large black market for alcohol supplied by organized crime.” (Hall, 1164). Hall is indicating the fact that most individuals believe that it made everything worse but he then goes on later in the article to contradict himself by saying maybe it was not a complete failure. …show more content…
Hall tries to illustrate to the readers the views of both sides as to why the prohibition was not a completely failure and also why it was not a complete success. Hall took note of factors such as health, crime rate, respect for the law, the economy and he explains the adverse effects of these factors and subsequently their connection to national prohibition. Hall argues for the positives of national prohibitions when he states that “some have argued that alcohol prohibition, if …show more content…
In this scenario, the overall good outweighs the overall bad effects of national prohibition. Through the article, the takes the reader on a journey by dissecting national alcohol prohibition; what it is, the aims of NP, enforcement, national views and impacts of national prohibition. To Hall, for every positive, there was also a negative. He was not a biased author in that he gave the audience both sides of the pyramid and leaves it up to the audience to decide for themselves if the national prohibition was actually a bad thing or not. He basically played the middle man and gives the audience the liberty and freedom of our minds to wander and make the decision