Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between
Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between
History, the politics of regulation, and cocktails to wash it all down

History, the politics of regulation, and cocktails to wash it all down

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History, the politics of regulation, and cocktails to wash it all down
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Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between is a three-generation project of Kathryn Smith, a history nerd, sandwiched between two political economists, her father, Bruce Yandle, and her son, Adam C. Smith. Bruce came up with the theory of Bootleggers and Baptists in 1983 to explain the contradictory forces that propel and sustain government regula…

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