Regulation

Benefits of Liquor Store Privatization for Pennsylvanians

• Nathan Benefield
• February 25, 2011

Good morning. I am Nathan Benefield, Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation.  We are a nonprofit, independent public policy research and educational institute based in Harrisburg.

Testimony

Regulation

Understanding the Support for Liquor Store Privatization

• February 17, 2011

On Valentine’s Day, the Senate Law and Justice Committee heard testimonies on liquor store privatization, including comments from CF’s Nathan Benefield and Duquesne University professor Antony Davies. During the…

Media

Regulation

Impacts of Liquor Privatization

• Nathan Benefield
• February 14, 2011

Remarks by Nathan Benefield, Director of Policy Research, Commonwealth Foundation Good afternoon. I am Nathan Benefield, Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation.  We are a nonprofit, independent public…

Testimony

Regulation

Reviewing the Evidence on Liquor Privatization

• February 1, 2011

CF President & CEO Matt Brouillette will be debating Wendell Young, President of the UFCW 1776 (the state liquor store employee union) on liquor privatization on PCN TV tonight…

Media

Transforming Pennsylvania Policy Summit

• January 14, 2011

WHAT:    Nationally renown policy experts, Pennsylvania legislators and more than 200 citizens will join in a policy debate to drive Pennsylvania to prosperity through policy transformation leading to fiscally responsible…

Press Release

Regulation

Liquor Store Union Distorts Facts to Skew Poll

• Nathan Benefield
• January 10, 2011

We received a forwarded email, in which the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1776 (the union for liquor store employees) called on members to vote in a PCN…

Media

Regulation

Private Liquor Stores: A Reason for Cheers

• December 21, 2010

As many Pennsylvanians are heading to their local state liquor store to pick up holiday cheer, there are three things they won't be celebrating: Higher costs, less selection and lower…

Commentary

Regulation

How Many State Liquor Stores Should Pennsylvania Have?

• Nathan Benefield
• December 17, 2010

Ben Waxman of the Philadelphia Daily News raises an interesting question about liquor privatization. Noting public support for liquor privatization, he posits whether it would be better to…

Media

Regulation

Bamboozled: Why Government-Run Liquor Stores are Socially and Economically Impractical

• November 19, 2009

Ever since Pennsylvania seized control of wine and liquor in 1932, advocates of state-run liquor stores have touted the supposed social benefits. However, recent research clearly demonstrates that privatization would…

Commentary