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AbstractThis article examines critically the present structure of regulation of the liquor industry in Victoria. This is a mixture of detailed regulation of liquor supply conditions through the licensing of outlets and of taxation and other regulation of consumption activities. It examines the justification for regulation in some form which derives from socially harmful consequences of alcohol consumption such as drink driving and nuisance actions. The present controls are seen to be largely ineffective because they are not targetted closely to the activities which cause social harm. Substantial changes to the licensing system and other policies are recommended.

BEN FINE IS WELL KNOWN in Marxian and radical cirdes for his research, his teaching at Birkbeck College and SOAS, and his involvement with the CSE. A superficial look at Fine's publications gives the impression that his intellectual trajectory is badly fragmented. Fine seems to have abandoned his highly acclaimed (by Marxists) work on value theory in the mid-80s (especially Fine and Harris, 1979, and Fine 1980, 1982, 1986; see, however, Fine, 1989 (1st ed. 1975), 1990a, 1992a), in order to pursue a disparate collection of 'softer' themes such as the South African industrialisation (Fine and Rustomjee, 1997), the contemporary British economy (Fine and Harris, 1985), the history of the British coal industry (Fine, 1990b), female participation in the labour market (Fine, 1992b), and labour market theory and the political economy of food and consumption (in the books discussed below).