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Repeal of Prohibition Signals Severe Failure

The fact that the United States actually repealed Prohibition by amending the Constitution is remarkable because legislative mistakes are rarely reversed, and it indicates the policy was failing miserably to warrant such effort.

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Vernon Smith

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That tells you, Russ, that it was failing miserably. For anyone to get that kind of effort out, to go back and change the Constitution. When do we ever make legislative mistakes and then go back and correct them.

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Vernon Smith on Adam Smith and the Human EnterpriseEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:22:45 AM

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