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Bootleggers, Baptists and Everything in Between was launched in April 2021, by my son, Adam C. Smith, my father, Bruce Yandle, and me. Adam and Bruce are academic economists, while I am a self-taught historian, specializing in 20th Century America. We have all written books with “Bootleggers” and “Baptists” in the title, Adam and Bruce a book on regulat…