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Scottish Minimum Price for Alcohol Faces Delay

Graham Watson

3rd September 2015

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This is a fascinating story, demonstrating the complexity of policymaking, and asking lots of evaluative questions, both of the Scottish government but also of economists. Read: Alcohol price plans face further delay after European ruling http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34133269

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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