Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.
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Prohibition
When the US outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, it inadvertently created one of the most successful black markets in the world. Tim Harford considers how much it costs to make something illegal, and what a failed law reveals about the way criminals make their money.