Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Feature Essay: Sometimes a Baptist is a Methodist

Feature Essay: Sometimes a Baptist is a Methodist

Fledgling Salvation Army was opposed by Methodists and brewers

Bruce Yandle
Jun 13, 2021
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In our 2014 book, Bootleggers and Baptists: How Economic Forces and Moral Persuasion Interact to Shape Regulatory Politcs (Cato Institute), my grandson and I provide accounts of Bootlegger/Baptist strategizing reaching back as far as 13th century England, when Magna Carta — Great Charter in plain English — set in motion a regulation that protected Londo…

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