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Wednesday 28 November 2012

Unit 1: Minimum Pricing on Alcohol

Ministers are proposing a minimum price of 45p a unit for the sale of alcohol in England and Wales as part of a drive to tackle problem drinking.




Click here to access the BBC article which poses many questions as to its effectiveness on problem drinking and the poor in society.

Questions to discuss:

Assess the effectiveness of this strategy on reducing the negative externality which is binge drinking.

Why might this be regarded as a from of 'Regressive taxation'?

What other methods could the government use to combat binge drinking?

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