I assume many potential alcohol-reduction efforts would reduce an individual’s alcohol consumption at the margin, not lead to a world with no alcohol. I don’t drink myself, but it would seem challenging to measure the lost happiness from—e.g., going down from four beers at a social occasion to three due to higher taxation. I don’t think extrapolating from the status quo to an alcohol-free world would work here.
I assume many potential alcohol-reduction efforts would reduce an individual’s alcohol consumption at the margin, not lead to a world with no alcohol. I don’t drink myself, but it would seem challenging to measure the lost happiness from—e.g., going down from four beers at a social occasion to three due to higher taxation. I don’t think extrapolating from the status quo to an alcohol-free world would work here.