state capacity

“The interesting paradox was that the administrative arm was still colonial in nature because the structure was still that way, but we added more demands from the state. So the state became more coercive, and we spread the state too thin, trying to do everythin…”

“Many states have had prohibition. The learning from that has been that it doesn't work. It leads to all these kinds of problems. You need your state capacity, which is limited. It goes into policing for the thing that you need to prevent people from drinking a…”