Unshackling Texas' Economy - D Magazine
The free-market state has work to do on regulations that stifle competition and entrepreneurship, SMU economists say. By W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm Published in D CEO December 2020 Shutterstock; Chart Source George Mason University After decades of wrangling, Texas changed its laws to allow small-time brewers to sell beer directly to customers in 2013, punching a hole in a system that had given exclusive distribution rights to wholesalers and retailers. The brewers could only serve beer in their taprooms until 2019, when another law expanded their right to sell for off-premise consumption...
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