Can Legal Weed Win?
The Blunt Realities of Cannabis Economics
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
6 November 2023
Summary
Two economists take readers on a tour of the economics of legal and illegal weed, showing where cannabis regulation has gone wrong and how it could do better.
Cannabis “legalization” hasn’t lived up to the hype. Across North America, investors are reeling, tax collections are below projections, and people are pointing fingers. On the business side, companies have shut down, farms have failed, workers have lost their jobs, and consumers face high prices. Why has legal …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520397378 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0520397371 |
| Author: | Dr. Robin Goldstein, Prof. Daniel Sumner, Daniel Sumner |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 6 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“In this lucid and pragmatic analysis, U.C. Davis economists Goldstein and Summer extinguish overheated predictions about the potential size and profits of the legal marijuana market… . Jargon-free and data-rich, this is a clear-eyed analysis of a hazy market.” * Publishers Weekly *
“Economists Goldstein and Sumner argue that government bureaucracy has made legal pot expensive to grow and sell, incentivizing illegal operations instead. Legal weed, their punny, breezy book shows, can only win once ‘legal’ isn’t an anticompetitive word.” * Bloomberg Businessweek *
“An excellent primer on the state of the cannabis industry in America today.” * Jacobin *
“Explains how burdensome licensing requirements, regulations, and taxes have frustrated plans to displace the black market.” * Reason *
“Written in a fun, witty tone that makes reading about finances more engaging than ever.” * CBD Oracle *
“The authors provide a compelling explanation for the disappointing economics of weed, and their wry humor makes the book entertaining as well as instructive. Highly recommended.” * CHOICE *
Dr. Robin Goldstein
Robin Goldstein is an economist and author of The Wine Trials, the controversial exposé of wine snobbery that became the world’s best-selling guide to cheap wine. He is Director of the Cannabis Economics Group in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis. He has an AB from Harvard University, a JD from Yale Law School, and a PhD in economics from the University of Bordeaux.
Daniel Sumner is Frank H. Buck, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis. He grew up on a California fruit farm, served on the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, and was Assistant Secretary of Economics at the US Department of Agriculture before joining the UC Davis faculty. He has a BS from Cal Poly and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.
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