UID:
almahu_9949544888102882
Format:
1 online resource (232 p.)
ISBN:
9780520383272
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9783110992823
Content:
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 weed failed to deliver on many of its promises? Can Legal Weed Win? takes on the euphoric claims with straight dope and a full dose of economic reality. This book delivers the unadulterated facts about the new legal segment of one of the world's oldest industries. In witty, accessible prose, economists Robin Goldstein and Daniel Sumner take readers on a whirlwind tour of the economic past, present, and future of legal and illegal weed. Drawing upon reams of data and their own experience working with California cannabis regulators since 2016, Goldstein and Sumner explain why many cannabis businesses and some aspects of legalization fail to measure up, while others occasionally get it right. Their stories stretch from before America's first medical weed dispensaries opened in 1996 through the short-term boom in legal consumption that happened during COVID-19 lockdowns. Can Legal Weed Win? is packed with unexpected insights about how cannabis markets can thrive, how regulators get the laws right or wrong, and what might happen to legal and illegal markets going forward.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface: Fear and Stoning in Las Vegas --
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Acknowledgments --
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1 We Call It Weed --
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2 Legal versus Illegal: A Market Battle --
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3 Prices Get High --
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4 We Ask Our Data: Where's the Cheapest Legal Weed? --
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5 California Dreamin' --
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6 Sabrina's Story --
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7 Legal Weed in 2050 --
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8 How to Survive Legalization --
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Conclusion: Five Pipe Dreams about Legal Weed --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Business and Economics 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110992823
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Economics 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110992922
In:
University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766493
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520383265
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520383272
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520383272?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780520383272
