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Absinthe: what the ban on France’s aromatic spirit teaches us about modern day blaming and shaming

By Tao Wang, Professor of Strategy, EM Lyon Business School

A researcher examines the bad press surrounding absinthe which led to its ban in France in 1915, while drawing parallels with more recent, ‘scathing’ examples of scapegoating and social control.

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