Books by John V.C. Nye
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Anyone interested in the economic history of wine and drink should read this book; you may already know John Nye’s War, Wine, and Taxes .
John’s new book War, Wine, and Taxes sells new for $29.95 on Amazon [TC: this is correcting a previous mistake in listing the price], with free shipping in the U.S. Many of the used copies of John’s book are selling for over $30, others in the $25-30 range, and the shipping charges are higher than Amazon’s. Last I looked , none of the forty used copies were selling for less than $25 and one was selling for $50.
Speaking of John, here is a Reason dialogue with John , covering his new book and also his description of GMU lunches.
John Nye’s new War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900 argues that 19th century Britain was not nearly as free trade as is commonly supposed. Here is one summary of that argument .