Download or read book Beeronomics written by Johan F. M. Swinnen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beer has played a pivotal role in history, from the transition to an agarian lifestyle in ancient Mesopotamia to bankrolling Britain's imperialist conquests. Beeronomics tells the story of beer through economics, the innovations it brought, and how its strategic taxation and regulation helped shape the world.